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Portoise   Listen
noun
Portoise  n.  (Naut.) The gunwale of a ship.
To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the gunwale.
To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.





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