*portage*

n. [ From 2d Port. ] (Naut.) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 3d Port. ] A porthole. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., from porter to carry. See Port to carry. ] 1. The act of carrying or transporting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The price of carriage; porterage. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [ Obs. ] Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from the township of Portage in New York. ] (Geol.) A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]