Vocabulary : Portance to Porte

Portance : See Port, carriage, demeanor.
Portass : A breviary; a prayer book.
Portate : Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.
Portative : Portable. ;; Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity.
Portcluse : A portcullis.

Portcrayon : A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
Portcullis : A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. ;; An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse. ;; To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
Portcullised : of Portcullis
Portcullising : of Portcullis
Porte : The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.

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