PORT, _s._ A catch, a lively tune, Gael. id. S.

_Kelly._

~Port-youl~, ~Port-yeull~. _To sing Port-youl_, to cry, S.

_Kelly._

_Port_, and _youl_ to cry.

PORTAGE, _s._ Cargo put onboard ship, Fr.

_Douglas._

POTATIBUS, not understood.

_Houlate._

PORTEOUS, PORTUOS, PORTOWIS, PORTUISROLL, _s._ A list of persons indicted to appear before the Justiciary Aire, given by the Justice-clerk to the Coroner, that he might attach them in order to their appearance.

_Acts Ja. I._

Probably from Fr. _port-er_, as being carried to the _Aires_ or circuit-courts; O. Fr. _porteis_, portatif.

PORTIONER, _s._ One who possesses part of a property which has been originally divided among co-heirs.

V. ~Pa.r.s.enere~.

_Stat. Acc._

PORTURIT, _adj._ Pourtrayed.

_Doug._

PORTUS, _s._ A skeleton, Ang.

POSE, POIS, POISE, _s._ A secret h.o.a.rd of money, S.

_Knox._

A. S. _posa_, Dan. _pose_, Su. G. _posse_, a purse.

POSNETT, _s._ A bag in which money is put; q. a _net_ used as a _purse_.

_Burr. Lawes._

_To_ POSS, _v. a._ To push; S. _pouss_.

V. ~Pouss~.

_Douglas._

Fr. _pouss-er_, Lat. _pulsare_.

POSSODY, _s._ A term of endearment, used ludicrously.

V. ~Powsowdie~.

_Evergreen._

_To_ POSTULE, _v. a._ To elect one for a bishop who is not in all points duly eligible.

L. B. _postulari_.

_Wyntown._

POSTROME, _s._ A postern.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

L. B. _posturium_, id.

_To_ POT, _v. a._ To stew in a pot, S.

POT, POTT, _s._

1. A pit, a dungeon.

_Douglas._

2. A pond or pit full of water, S.

_Rudd._

3. A pool or deep place in a river, S.

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