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CIDE DICTIONARY
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portoise

CIDE DICTIONARY

portoisen. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative, portable.].
     The gunwale of a ship.  [1913 Webster]
To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the gunwale. -- To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.

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