Portage

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A sailor's wages when in port.

II. Portage ·noun Capacity for carrying; tonnage.

III. Portage ·noun The price of carriage; porterage.

IV. Portage ·noun A Porthole.

V. Portage ·noun The act of carrying or transporting.

VI. Portage ·noun The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

VII. Portage ·noun A carry between navigable waters. ·see 3d Carry.

VIII. Portage ·vt & ·vi To carry (goods, boats, ·etc.) overland between navigable waters.