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- Portage - n. - A sailor's wages when in port.
- Portage - n. - The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
- Portage - n. - A porthole.
- Portage - n. - The act of carrying or transporting.
- Portage - n. - The price of carriage; porterage.
- Portage - n. - Capacity for carrying; tonnage.
- Portage - n. - A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
- Portage - v. t. & i. - To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
- Portage group - - A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. See Chart of Geology.
- Chemung period - - A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology.