Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: POR'TION – POR-TRESS, or POR-TER-ESS
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POR'TION, n. [L. portio, from partio, to divide, from pars, part. See Part.]
- In general, a part of any thing separated from it. Hence,
- A part, though not actually divided, but considered by itself. These are parts of his ways, but how little a portion is heard of him. – Job xxvi.
- A part assigned; an allotment; a dividend. How small / A portion to your share would fall. – Waller. The priests had a portion assigned them by Pharaoh. – Gen. xlvii.
- 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.
- A wife's fortune.
POR'TION, v.t.
- To divide; to parcel; to allot a share or shares. And portion to his tribes the wide domain. – Pope.
- To endow. Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest. – Pope.
POR'TION-ED, pp.
- Divided into shares or parts.
- Endowed; furnished with a portion.
POR'TION-ER, n.
One who divides or assigns in shares.
POR'TION-ING, ppr.
Dividing; endowing.
POR'TION-IST, n.
- One who has a certain academical allowance or portion.
- The incumbent of a benefice which has more rectors or vicars than one. – Life of A. Wood.
POR'TION-LESS, a.
Having no portion.
PORT-LAND-STONE, n.
A compact sandstone from the isle of Portland in England, which forms a calcarious cement. – Nicholson.
PORT-LAR, n.
A bar to secure the ports of a ship.
The gunwale of a ship. To lower the yards a portlast, is to lower them to the gun-wale. To ride a portoise, is to have the lower yards and top-masts struck or lowered down, when at anchor in a gale of wind. – Mar. Dict.
PORT'-LID, n.
The lid that closes a port-hole. – Mar. Dict.
PORT'LI-NESS, n. [from portly.]
Dignity of mien or of personal appearance, consisting in size and symmetry of body, with dignified manners and demeanor. – Camden.
PORT'LY, a. [from port.]
- Grand or dignified in mien; of a noble appearance and carriage. Shak.
- Bulky; corpulent. Shak.
PORT-MAN, n. [port and man.]
An inhabitant or burgess, as of a cinque port.
PORT-MAN'TEAU, n. [Fr. porte-manteau, from porter, to carry, and manteau, a cloke, L. mantele, It. mantello. It is often pronounced portmantle.]
A bag usually made of leather, for carrying apparel and other furniture on journeys, particularly on horseback.
PORT-MOTE, n. [port and Sax. mot, a meeting.]
Anciently, a court held in a port town. – Blackstone.
POR'TOISE, n. [See PORTLAST.]
POR'TRAIT, n. [Fr. portrait, from portraire, to draw, Eng. to portray; pour, Eng. for, fore, and traire, L. trahere, Eng. to draw; Arm. pourtrezi. The Italian is ritratto, Sp. and Port. retrato, from L. re and tracto.]
A picture or representation of a person, and especially of a face, drawn from the life. In portraits, the grace, and we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. – Reynolds.
POR'TRAIT, v.t.
To portray; to draw. [Not used.] – Spenser.
POR'TRAIT-URE, n. [Fr.]
A portrait; painted resemblance. – Milton. Pope.
POR-TRAY', v.t. [Fr. portraire. See Portrait.]
- To paint or draw the likeness of any thing in colors; as, to portray a king on horseback; to portray a city or temple with a pencil or with chalk.
- To describe in words. It belongs to the historian to portray the character of Alexander of Russia. Homer portrays the character and achievements of his heroes in glowing colors.
- To adorn with pictures; as, shields portrayed. – Milton.
POR-TRAY'ED, pp.
Painted or drawn to the life; described.
POR-TRAY'ER, n.
One who paints, draws to the life or describes.
POR-TRAY'ING, ppr.
Painting or drawing the likeness of; describing.
POR-TRESS, or POR-TER-ESS, n. [from porter.]
A female guardian of a gate. – Milton.