portage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: portage	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for portage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portage n the cost of carrying or transporting overland track between navigable waterways carrying boats and supplies overland
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Portage \Port"age\ (?; 48), n. [From 2d {Port}.] (Naut.) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Portage \Port"age\, n. [3d {Port}.] A porthole. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Portage \Por"tage\, n. [F., from porter to carry. See {Port} to carry.] 1. The act of carrying or transporting. 2. The price of carriage; porterage. --Bp. Fell. 3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] --Hakluyt. 4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d {Carry}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Portage \Por"tage\, v. t. & i. To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Portage, IN (city, FIPS 61092) Location: 41.58670 N, 87.18152 W Population (1990): 29060 (10864 housing units) Area: 53.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46368 Portage, ME Zip code(s): 04768 Portage, MI (city, FIPS 65560) Location: 42.20138 N, 85.59055 W Population (1990): 41042 (16133 housing units) Area: 83.4 sq km (land), 7.3 sq km (water) Portage, OH (village, FIPS 64108) Location: 41.32378 N, 83.64792 W Population (1990): 469 (168 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43451 Portage, PA (borough, FIPS 62048) Location: 40.38676 N, 78.67550 W Population (1990): 3105 (1380 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Portage, UT (town, FIPS 61590) Location: 41.97656 N, 112.23779 W Population (1990): 218 (80 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Portage, WI (city, FIPS 64100) Location: 43.54794 N, 89.46590 W Population (1990): 8640 (3556 housing units) Area: 21.3 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53901