Definition of porte

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Porte (n.) The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered..

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Lag :: Lag (n.) One transported for a crime.
Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named..
Pedicellate :: Pedicellate (a.) Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.
Supporter :: Supporter (n.) A knee placed under the cathead.
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..
Phonography :: Phonography (n.) A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters..
Sea Serpent :: Sea serpent () A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured..
Currant :: Currant (n.) A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery..
Bolstered :: Bolstered (a.) Supported; upheld.
Despotist :: Despotist (n.) A supporter of despotism.
Porter :: Porter (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar..
Crutched :: Crutched (a.) Supported upon crutches.
Unbacked :: Unbacked (a.) Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided.
Transported :: Transported (a.) Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced..
Report :: Report (v. t.) That which is reported.
Importable :: Importable (a.) Capable of being imported.
Ciborium :: Ciborium (n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar..
Stipitiform :: Stipitate (a.) Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants..
Tester :: Tester (n.) A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts..
Portesse :: Portesse (n.) See Porteass.
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