port \port\, n. as. port, l. portus: cf. f. port. see farm,
   v., ford, and 1st, 3d,  4h port.
   1. a place where ships may ride secure from storms; a
      sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. used
      also figuratively.
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            peering in maps for ports and piers and roads.
                                                  --shak.
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            we are in port if we have thee.       --keble.
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   2. in law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are
      admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence
      they depart and where they finish their voyages.
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   free port. see under free.

   port bar. naut,
      a a boom. see boom, 4, also bar, 3.
      b a bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port.

   port charges com., charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a
      ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor.

   port of entry, a harbor where a customhouse is established
      for the legal entry of merchandise.

   port toll law, a payment made for the privilege of
      bringing goods into port.

   port warden, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor
      master.
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see also:
farm ford port free port free port bar 
boom bar port charges port of entry port toll 
port warden 

port of entry
     n : a port where customs officials are stationed to oversee the
         entry and exit of people and merchandise syn: point of
         entry
see also:
point of entry