Vocabulary : Porting to Portland cement

Porting : of Port
Portingal : Of or pertaining to Portugal; Portuguese. ;; A Portuguese.
Portion : That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything. ;; A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. ;; A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. ;; The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance. ;; A wife's fortune; a dowry. ;; To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. ;; To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Portioned : of Portion
Portioner : One who portions. ;; See Portionist, 2.

Portioning : of Portion
Portionist : A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. ;; One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
Portionless : Having no portion.
Portise : See Portass.
Portland cement : A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water.

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