Look up: Portage

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   Portage
   A trip between waterways or around a waterway obstruction, carrying everything along with you.
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   Portage
   Portage is a city in Porter County Indiana, USA Portage is a city in Columbia County Wisconsin, USA Portage is a town in Box Elder County Utah, USA Portage is a township in Brown County South Dakota, USA Portage is a township in Potter County Pennsylvania, USA Portage is a township in Cameron County Pennsylvania, USA Portage is a township in Cambria County Pennsylvania, USA Portage is a borough in Cambria County Pennsylvania, USA Portage is a village in Wood County Ohio, USA Portage is a townshi...
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   portage
   [n] - the cost of carrying or transporting 2. [n] - overland track between navigable waterways 3. [n] - carrying boats and supplies overland
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   Portage
   Home-visiting educational service
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   Portage
   An early intervention programme devised to encourage mothers to stimulate deprived children in Wisconsin, USA. It consists of a developmental checklist which focuses attention on strengths and needs and a set of guidelines and suggestions about what to teach next.
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   Portage
   Planned, home-based educational support for pre-school children with special educational needs usually provided by the local education authority.
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   Portage
   Port'age noun [ From 2d Port .] (Nautical) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
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   Portage
   Port'age noun [ 3d Port .] A porthole. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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   Portage
   Por'tage noun [ French, 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. [ Obsolete] Hakluyt. 4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry .
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    Portage
    Por'tage transitive verb & i. To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
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    portage
    noun carrying boats and supplies overland
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    portage
    noun overland track between navigable waterways
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    portage
    noun the cost of carrying or transporting
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    Portage
    `Portage` refers to the practice of carrying a canoe or other boat over land to avoid an obstacle on the water route (such as rapids or a waterfall in a river), or between two bodies of water. A place where this carrying occurs is also called a `portage`, while a person doing the carrying is called a porter. Over time, depending on the importance of the portages, they were sometimes upgraded to canals with locks, and even portage railways. Porta...
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    Portage
    • (n.) Capacity for carrying; tonnage. • (n.) The price of carriage; porterage. • (n.) The act of carrying or transporting. • (n.) A porthole. • (n.) A sailor`s wages when in port. • (n.) A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry. • (v. t. & i.) To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters....
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    Portage
    city, seat (1851) of Columbia county, south-central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, about 35 miles (55 km) north of ...
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    portage
    portage 1. The action or work of carrying or transporting. 2. To carry or transport (boats, goods, etc.) over land between navigable waters.
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    portage
    
    1. the cost of carrying or transporting
    2. overland track between navigable waterways
    3. carrying boats and supplies overland
    
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    Portage
    Portage (1, 2 pôr'tuj; 3 pôr'tij) . 1. Town (1990 pop. 29,060), Porter co., NW Ind., a suburb of Gary, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1959. The town, which was once surrounded by great industries, manufactures steel and a number of other goods. It is also a shipping center; Burns Interna...
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