port

1. port (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.

Example: Dauid in this Pſalme doth exhoꝛt, to pꝛayſe the Loꝛde alwayes: Foꝛ that he did vs make and poꝛt, and guydes vs all our dayes.

2. port (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.

Example: Port arms!

3. port (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.

Example: By its tenth week of release, CPH was the best-selling PC game in America. PlayStation and Xbox ports were already in the works, and there was talk of porting it to Nintendo.

4. port (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.

5. port (noun) — sense 5

Definition: The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.

Example: Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace […]

6. port (noun) — sense 6

Definition: The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.