Found 1 hit - Term: port arms, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
port \port\, v. t. imp. p. p. ported; p. pr. vb. n.
porting. f. porter, l. portare to carry. see port
demeanor.
1. to carry; to bear; to transport. obs.
1913 webster
they are easily ported by boat into other shires.
--fuller.
1913 webster
2. mil. to throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body,
with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small
of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing
the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.
1913 webster
began to hem him round with ported spears. --milton.
1913 webster
port arms, a position in the manual of arms, executed as
above.
1913 webster
see also:
ported porting port port arms
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Arms, definition of term: Arms
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Arms Race, definition of term: Arms Race
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Arms Length, definition of term: Arms Length
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College Of Arms, definition of term: College Of Arms
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Coat Of Arms, definition of term: Coat Of Arms
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