Bible Dictionaries
Portage

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The price of carriage; porterage.

(2):

(n.) A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.

(3):

(n.) A porthole.

(4):

(v. t. & i.) To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.

(5):

(n.) A sailor's wages when in port.

(6):

(n.) Capacity for carrying; tonnage.

(7):

(n.) The act of carrying or transporting.

(8):

(n.) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Portage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/portage.html. 1828.