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Show PO B O To carry in form The cannon againft St. Stephen's gate execute and & gate were broken fowell, that the gorter/ Huoyward and entry opened into' t She the huge portcullis high up drew ‘Which but herfelf, not all the Stygian pow'r Milton Cou'd once have mov'd Pyrrhus comes, neither men nor wall His force fuftain, the torn portcallis falls. Denbams ‘T'he upper eyelid claps down, and is as good Po'RTABLE. adj. [ portabilis, Latin. 1. Manageable by the hand 2. Such as may be born along with one The pleafure of the religious man is an eafy an portoble pleafure, fuch an one as he carries about i South 3. Such as is tranfported or carried fro one place to another 4. Sufferable; fupportable How light and perzable my pains feem now When that which makes me bend, makes the kin Shakefpeare bow All thefe are portabl With other graces weigh'd. Shakefpeare's Macbeth 7o PorTcu'LLIS. @. 4. [from the noun. T 2. [From port. As many as remained, he earneitly exhorteth t prevent portended calamities Hooker Doth this churlith fuperfcriptio Poitend fome alteration in good will Shakefpeare A moift and a cool fummer portendeth a har winter Bacon True opener of mine eyes Much better feems this vifion, and more hop Of peaceful days portends, than thofe two patt. Ailt ‘I'rue poets are the guardians ofa ftate And when they fail, porzend approaching fate o] Porthole Rofcommon The ruin of the ftate in the deftrution of th church, is not only portended as its fign, but alf inferred from it as its caufe South Lend theeye a terrible afpeét Let it pry through the portage of the head Shakefpeare's Henry V Like the brafs cannon Po'rTAL. n. /o [ portail, French ; portella Iralian. A gate ; the arch under whic PorTE'~s1ON. 2./i [from portend. act of foretokening Not in ufe the gate opens Although the re King Richard doth appear As doth the bluflidng difcontented fun Shakefpeare From out the fiery portal of the eaft Though I fhould ru To thofe difclofing gortals of the fun And walk his way, until his horfes itee Their fiery locks in the Iberian deep Sons of Mars Air z Jf [fro mien ; port And T muft know it Milton Dr unknow on Italy Fr. Your loves 2 PorTAss. #./ [{ometimes called porsuis and by Chaucer, porthofe.] A breviary a prayer book In his hand his gorzeffe fill he bare That much was worn, but therein little red Spenfer For of devotion he had little care An old prieft always read in his portafs mump when h had ufe leave hi Camden PorTcu'Lris. ) #. S [portecouliffe, Fr quafi perta claufa.] Po'rRTCLUSE. fort of machine like a harrow, hun over the gates of a city, to be let dow to keep out an enemy Over it a fair portcullis hong ‘Which to the gate dire€tly did incline Monftrous prodigious v ' bici king fometime ag wit porters who('e packs _may joftle one a ainit the other remain good friends fll H;wy'; By porter, who can tell whet er T mean o mcm who Pbcars burthens, or a ferva t who waits at 5 gate ? Watts O'RTERAGE. 7./. [from porter.] Mo e paid for carriage Po'rTEssE 2./i A breviary See Pop. T ASS Po'RTGLAVE. 7. / French and Erfe. [porter and glaive A fword-bearer Ainfasorth Po'rRTGRAVE. } n. /. [porta, Latin; an Po'RTGREVE grave Teutonick keeper. "The keeper ofa gate. Obf Po'rrrovrEs. #. /. [from port and bolé. Hole cut like windows in a fhip's fides ‘.‘ where the guns are placed Po'rTico. # f. [ porticus, Lat. portics Italian; portigue, French. A covere walk ; a piazza The rich their wealth befto On fome expenfive airy portico Where fafe from fhowers they may be born in flate And free from tempefts for fair weather wait, Dryd PO'RTION Latin. #. / [porsion, Fr. partio 1. A part Foby xxvis 14 portioz is heard of him Like favour find the Irith, with like fat Waller Advanc'd to be a portion of our ftate In battles won, fortune a part did claim And foldiers have their portivn in the t‘ame..WalIer. Thofe great portions or fragments fell into th abyfs ; fome in one pofture, and fome in another Burnet Prefs'd on, and fhook his lance Here's their pris'n ordain'd and portion fete Milk Shou'd you no honey vow to taite But what the mafter-bees have plac' In compafs of their cells, how {mal "'d"fl A portion to your fhare would fall Of words they feldom know more than the gram matical conftruétion Qverla With this portentous bridge the dark abyfs. Milton No beafk of more portentous fiz In the Hercinian foreft lies Rofcommon Let us look upon them as fo many prodigiou exceptions from our common nature, as fo man portentous animals, like the ftrange unnatural produétions of Africa Soutbh remember what I.give in charge And, when you've fo done, bring the keys to me Shakefpeare unlefs they are born with genius, whic poetica is a rare porfion amongft m y D them pa k m t a p a o g a a o f A their portion of happinefs, they begin to defi}fit 4 } ickt he confiders the temptations of ?ovfl‘!d Whe and riches, and how fatally it will afi.eét‘h}s hfl w f j- n _ h e t b m c e o pinefs to b o l P f f t f G i o t Agur in pet The petticoat will fhrink at your firft coming t PO'RTER. #. f. [ portier, French; fro porta, Latin, a gate. 1. One that has'the charge of the gate Drydens 2. A part afligned ; an allotment; a di vidend wonderful town; at leaft a touch of your pen will make i contract itfelf, and by that means oblige fevera who are terrified or aftonithed at this portentou novelty Addifon i Thefe are parts of his ways, but howlitle In an ill fenfe Porter waits at ththe doo Pirithous no fmall portion of the wa This portentous figur Comes armed through our watch fo like the kin That was Shake[peare's Hamlet Every unwonted meteor is gortentous, and fom divine prognoftick Glanwille npenfer ¥ cs{';;dbfur Pope [Porteur, French; from porto Latin 1y carry. One who carries urthens'fo It is wit Latin They are portentous thing Unto the climate that they point at Shakefpeare A Be brib'd as otjtcn, and as oft n l?:."c hire Shakefpeare's Henry I PorTEe'NTOUS. adj. [portentofus from portent. 1. Foretokening ill; ominous There ftepped forth a goodly lady That feem'd to be 2 woman of great worth And by her ftately portance born of heav'nly birth Shak 3 to be his pam:n jfi"f". A fav'rite porter with his mafter My lofs by dire portents the god foretold Yon riven oak, the faireft of the green Dryden demeanour Thinking upon his fervices, took from yo "The apprchenfion of his prefent portance ‘Which gibingly, ungravely, he did fathion 2. One wh meflages O, what portents are thefe Some heavy bufinefs hath my lord in hand Sandys porter fimus domine for fumpfimus; whereo was admonifhed, he faid that he no mumpfimus thirty years, and would no old mumpfimus for their new fumpfimus Brown demande e kitchen do carry the porten the brightly white thould be of th Fro ifhmonger, to keep the key of his gate nifh t Th PORTE'NT. n.f. [portentum, Latin. Omen of ill; prodigy foretokenin mifery That open'd wide her blazing portals, le ¢t the way To God's eternal houfe The fick for air before the gortal gafp The portal confifts of a compofite orde 40 the ancients Addifo comet influence of Venus He through heav'n Po'rTance to fhut up 70 PORTE'ND. @ a. [ portendo, Latin. T'o foretoken ; to forethow as omens He had reafon to do, gaining thereby the charg 4 bar Within my mouth you have engaol'd my tongue Doubly portcuilis'd with my teeth and lips. Shak Po'RTABLENESs. 7. /. [from portable. The quality of being portable Po'rRTAGE. n. /. [portage, French. 1. The price of carriage of portage Nic fence as a gorteullis againfk the importunity of th More enemy The gates are open'd, the zortcullis drawn And deluges of armies from the tow Dryden Comg pouring in the eye or envy o Moft other portable commodities decay quickl in their ufe; but money is by flower degrees removed from, or brought into the free commerc of any country, than the greateft part of othe merchandize Locke Y S/)U}JL‘I' Th' angelick fquadron brigh Turn'd fiery red, fharp'ning in mooned horn Their phalanx, and began to hem him roun Miltor's Paradife Loft With porzed fpcars the world Arm all my houfehold prefent y an charg T hc"porfcr he let no man i tij| de:ya With comely compals and compadture ftrong Neither unfecemly ) fhort, 5 nor yet exceeding 8 long To PorT. w. a. [ porte, Latin ; porier, Fr. his bofom, without alarmin PO 1 convenience moderat t w e d m r b t l f c a t u One or two f qiff a very fmall portion o‘r'-ab'xlities. v g n t 3. Part of an inher e u r a a f L to thy children tumult, ftrife, and v?g Portions of toil, and legacies of carc 4 A wife's fortune . u n t 4 @ To Po'rTI0N 1. To divide; to parcel |
