To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with
the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and
the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder;
as, to port arms.

The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern
toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard.
Also used adjectively.

A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a
gate; a door; a portal.

To carry; to bear; to transport.

An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through
which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which
close such an opening.

In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are
admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and
where they finish their voyages.

A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It
contains a large percentage of alcohol.

i. liman. The ship entered the port. (Gemi limana girdi.)

A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered
inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.

A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam,
water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder
of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.