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Body of water in Sydney, Australia
Port Jackson, commonly known as Sydney Harbour, is a natural harbour on the east coast of Australia, around which the city of Sydney is situated. It consists
Port_Jackson
Species of shark
The Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) is a nocturnal, oviparous (egg laying) type of bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae, found
Port_Jackson_shark
settlers, including 736 convicts. The fleet soon moved to the more suitable Port Jackson where a settlement was established at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788
History_of_Sydney
Species of fish
Pseudoambassis jacksoniensis, commonly known as the Port Jackson glassfish or Port Jackson perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Ambassidae native
Pseudoambassis_jacksoniensis
English-based Australian pidgin
Port Jackson Pidgin English or New South Wales Pidgin English was an English-based pidgin that originated in the region of Sydney and Newcastle in New
Port_Jackson_Pidgin_English
Fleet of British convicts vessels bound for Australia
The three vessels made a faster trip than the First Fleet, arriving at Port Jackson in the last week of June 1790, three weeks after Lady Juliana, and one
Second_Fleet_(Australia)
Topics referred to by the same term
Port Jackson is a harbour of Sydney, Australia. Port Jackson may also refer to: Port Jackson, New Zealand, a small settlement on the Coromandel Peninsula's
Port_Jackson_(disambiguation)
Airport in Saraga, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby International Airport (IATA: POM, ICAO: AYPY), also known as Jacksons International Airport, is an international airport located 8 kilometres
Port Moresby International Airport
Port_Moresby_International_Airport
Species of flowering plant
Ficus rubiginosa, the rusty fig or Port Jackson fig (damun in the Dharug language), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ficus native to eastern
Ficus_rubiginosa
Species of plant native to Australia
blue-leafed wattle, Western Australian golden wattle, and, in Africa, Port Jackson willow, is a small tree in the family Fabaceae. Native to Australia,
Acacia_saligna
Australian Jazz Band
The Port Jackson Jazz Band were an Australian Dixieland jazz group formed in 1944 and based in Sydney. They were the longest running traditional jazz band
The_Port_Jackson_Jazz_Band
The Port Jackson Painter was one or more unknown watercolour artists working in Sydney, Australia, from 1788 through to the 1790s. The paintings are of
Port_Jackson_Painter
Australian island
Shark Island is an island located within Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The island is 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) in area, measuring some
Shark_Island_(Port_Jackson)
Place in New South Wales, Australia
99. Raper, George; Hunter, John (c. 1788) [surveyed 1788]. Chart of Port Jackson New South Wales as survey'd by Capt.n Iohn Hunter, second captain of
Spectacle Island (Port Jackson)
Spectacle_Island_(Port_Jackson)
Historic site in Sydney, Australia
Goat Island (Dharug: Me-Mel) is a heritage-listed island located in Port Jackson, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located northwest of the Sydney
Goat_Island_(Port_Jackson)
Country ship, probably launched in 1811 in India
voyage from Calcutta to Port Jackson and was lost in 1812 off Sumatra while on a second voyage from Calcutta to Port Jackson. Mangalore's origins are
Mangalore_(1811_ship)
Mountain range in North Island of New Zealand
settlements are Port Jackson and Port Charles. Port Jackson is a bay on the north coast, just south of Cape Colville. Cook named Port Charles as he sailed
Moehau_Range
Indigenous Australians of the Sydney region
originally inhabited the area that they call "Gadi", which lies south of Port Jackson, covering today's Sydney central business district and stretching from
Gadigal
Aboriginal Australian nation of New South Wales
and Thornton give "Ea-ora" as the name of the "tribe" who inhabited "Port Jackson" and "the Sydney district" respectively, and this definition appears
Eora
Australian survey vessel
eventually to grow on the north shore of this port. Lady Nelson left Port Phillip on 11 March and returned to Port Jackson, anchoring in Sydney Cove on 25 March
HMS_Lady_Nelson
11 British ships establishing an Australian penal colony
1788. Governor Arthur Phillip rejected Botany Bay, choosing instead Port Jackson to the north as the site for the new colony; the Fleet arrived there
First_Fleet
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Port Jackson is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Port Jackson is 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Flat Rock. U.S
Port_Jackson,_Illinois
Part of Sydney, Australia
lived in and around Sydney for at least 30,000 years. Sydney Cove from Port Jackson to Petersham was inhabited by the Cadigal clan. The principal language
Sydney central business district
Sydney_central_business_district
Australian harbourmaster (1786–1863)
Nicholson (1786 – 9 January 1863) was an Australian harbourmaster of Port Jackson. In 1804, Nicholson entered the Royal Navy, and became employed on HMS
John Nicholson (harbourmaster)
John_Nicholson_(harbourmaster)
Capital city of New South Wales, Australia
(Cadigal) clan, whose territory stretches along the southern shore of Port Jackson from South Head to Darling Harbour, are the traditional owners of the
Sydney
Coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley
including Georges River, Port Hacking, Broken Bay, and Port Jackson, which includes Sydney Harbour. Further away from Sydney, Port Stephens and the Clyde
Ria
Species of shark
as crested shark, crested bull shark, crested horn shark, and crested Port Jackson shark. The head of the crested bullhead shark is short and wide, with
Crested_bullhead_shark
Cape on New Zealand's North Island
Auckland, on the other side of the Hauraki Gulf. The small settlements of Port Jackson and Fletcher Bay lie immediately to the west and east respectively of
Cape_Colville
Transportation of convicts to Australia
Port Jackson, a bay mentioned by Captain Cook, about three leagues to the north. On 22 January 1788 a small expedition led by Phillips sailed to Port
Convicts_in_Australia
Listed country house in Berkshire, England
Bowden House, previously called both "Bowden Green" and "Port Jackson", is an English country house. It is a historic Grade II* listed building. The house
Bowden_House,_Berkshire
Manly ferries in Sydney, Australia
The Sydney hydrofoils were a series of hydrofoils operated by Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company and its successors on the ferry service from Circular
Sydney_hydrofoils
List of ships with the same or similar names
merchant ship built in South Shields in 1801, that transported convicts to Port Jackson in 1802 and 1819. She was wrecked outside Pulicat, India on 9 May 1820
Atlas_(ship)
Canid species native to Australia
colonists to arrive in Australia in 1788 established a settlement at Port Jackson and noted "dingoes" living with Indigenous Australians. The name was
Dingo
Enderby & Sons. She also performed two voyages transporting convicts to Port Jackson. She was wrecked in 1806 off the coast of New South Wales. Under the
Britannia_(1783_whaler)
Species of marsupial native to Australia
Francis discovered wombats on the island. A live animal was taken back to Port Jackson. Matthew Flinders, who was travelling on board the Francis on its third
Wombat
and arrived at Port Jackson on 10 October. Friends left Port Jackson on 2 December bound for England. "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure"
Friends_(ship)
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
Port Jackson was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created at the 1991 election, largely
Electoral district of Port Jackson
Electoral_district_of_Port_Jackson
Chief port and capital city of the Falkland Islands
whom Moody Brook is named), however, decided to move the capital to Port Jackson, which was renamed "Stanley Harbour", after a survey. Stanley Harbour
Stanley,_Falkland_Islands
French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)
to Port Jackson when sails were seen approaching Botany Bay. Greetings and hurried departure (indeed scramble in adverse weather) to Port Jackson ensued
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
Jean-François_de_Galaup,_comte_de_Lapérouse
Indigenous Australian cross-cultural pioneer
was a senior man of the Eora, an Aboriginal Australian people of the Port Jackson area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia. Bennelong
Bennelong
Suburb in Sydney, Australia
eventually ownership passed to the once famous Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company. It was the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company which coined the
Manly,_New_South_Wales
Group of islands in the South Atlantic
official pastoral community. Four years later, nearly everyone relocated to Port Jackson, considered a better location for the government, and merchant Samuel
Falkland_Islands
Cumberland was a schooner built in Port Jackson, Australia, in 1801. Cumberland was built at the King's Dockyard in Port Jackson in 1801. From construction she
HMS_Cumberland_(1803)
Locality in New South Wales, Australia
the Sydney area from as many as 29 different clans. Sydney Cove from Port Jackson to Petersham was inhabited by the Cadigal clan. The principal language
Circular_Quay
Disease outbreak in Australia
in early March with the first cases appearing in tribes living near Port Jackson. Aboriginal communities had no preexisting immunity to smallpox, and
1789_Sydney_smallpox_outbreak
City in New York, United States
of the Mohawk River, with the majority located on the north bank. The Port Jackson area on the south side is also part of the city. Prior to settlement
Amsterdam,_New_York
Royal Navy Admiral and colonial administrator (1738–1814)
searched for a more habitable site for a settlement, which he found in Port Jackson – the site of Sydney, Australia, today. Phillip was a far-sighted governor
Arthur_Phillip
Australian artist (1806–1890)
March 1851 the dealer J.T. Grocott had five of Peacock's oil views of Port Jackson on display at his gallery, together with lithographs after Peacock's
George_Edwards_Peacock
1812 novel by Johann David Wyss
published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies. The
The_Swiss_Family_Robinson
Barque built in 1818
Thomas Canney sailed from Plymouth on 18 October 1829 and arrived at Port Jackson on 18 February 1830. She embarked 200 male convicts and landed 199, having
Katherine Stewart Forbes (1818 ship)
Katherine_Stewart_Forbes_(1818_ship)
Bay in Sydney Harbour, Australia
on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, one of several harbours in Port Jackson, on the coast of Sydney, New South Wales. Sydney Cove is a focal point
Sydney_Cove
Island in the Pacific Ocean
to Botany Bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789), Arthur Phillip gives this description of the
Ball's_Pyramid
Royal Marines officer (1758–1833)
the Expedition to Botany Bay and Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson provide an account of the arrival and first four years of the colony
Watkin_Tench
British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia
Flinders, accompanied by William Martin sailed the Tom Thumb out of Port Jackson to Botany Bay and explored the Georges River further upstream than had
George_Bass
and arrived at Port Jackson on 25 June 1809. She embarked 60 female convicts, all of whom survived the voyage. Experiment left Port Jackson on 11 July bound
Experiment_(1802_ship)
Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer (1774–1814)
[full citation needed] They sailed south from Port Jackson but were soon forced to beach at Red Point (Port Kembla). There, they accepted the help of two
Matthew_Flinders
are the default port server of Open iT?". Retrieved 2017-02-28. Wood, Lloyd; Eddy, Wesley M.; Smith, Charles; Ivancic, Will; Jackson, Chris (November
List of TCP and UDP port numbers
List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers
Fin on the dorsal of fish and cetaceans
venom, as in many species of catfish, the spiny dogfish, and perhaps the Port Jackson shark, Dorsal fins evolved convergently; different species have 1, 2
Dorsal_fin
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Australia
Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. It is located approximately 97 kilometres (60 mi)
Port_Arthur,_Tasmania
River in Australia
Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson. Secondary tributaries include the smaller Lane Cove and Duck rivers
Parramatta_River
Sloop of the Royal Navy
through Bass Strait, Investigator visited King Island and Port Phillip before arriving at Port Jackson on 9 May 1802. Investigator spent the next ten weeks
HMS_Investigator_(1801)
Scarborough. The Fleet arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, on 26 January 1788. Mason's ship left Port Jackson on 14 August 1788, and arrived back
John_Mason_(master)
Sheltered body of water for mooring
can be moored. The term harbor is often used interchangeably with port, however port refers specifically to the facilities for loading and unloading ships
Harbor
Historic site in Sydney, Australia
native and exotic trees such as a bunya pine (Araucaria bidwillii), Port Jackson figs (Ficus rubiginosa), silky oaks (Grevillea robusta), camphor laurels
Fairwater,_Double_Bay
Papua New Guinea Pidgin Papuan Pidgin English (distinct from Tok Pisin) Port Jackson Pidgin English (ancestral to Australian Kriol) Queensland Kanaka English
List_of_English-based_pidgins
arrived at Port Jackson on 14 November 1834. She had embarked 200 male convicts, of whom two died on the voyage. Blenheim left Port Jackson in December
Blenheim_(1834_ship)
Species of shark
referred to as the zebra horn shark, striped bullhead shark, and the zebra Port Jackson shark. These sharks receive their name due to their bull-like appearance
Zebra_bullhead_shark
Ferry company of Australia
The Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company (PJ&MSC) was a publicly listed company that operated the Manly ferries in Sydney, Australia. After being taken
Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company
Port_Jackson_and_Manly_Steamship_Company
English lead miner aboard HMS Investigator
cutter back to Port Jackson to seek help. When help arrived it was in the form of two ships, one of which would return to Port Jackson, while the other
John_Allen_(miner)
arrived in Port Jackson (Sydney), on 29 June 1799, with a cargo of salted pork after a voyage of 3 months and 15 days. Albion left Port Jackson in September
Albion_(1798_whaler)
Australian convict
Harbour. He was also made a water bailiff and watched boat traffic on Port Jackson from a special tower. Although Billy Blue's place and date of birth are
Billy_Blue
Combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific
an inlet "wherein there appeared to be safe anchorage". Cook named it Port Jackson, today generally known as Sydney Harbour. Margaret Cameron-Ash argues
First_voyage_of_James_Cook
Harbour adjacent to the city centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
that makes up Darling Harbour, which opens north into the much larger Port Jackson. The precinct and its immediate surroundings are administered independently
Darling_Harbour
Aboriginal Australian people in New South Wales
was an appropriate name for the language spoken on the north side of Port Jackson northwards at least as far as Tuggerah Lakes. He concluded under the
Kuringgai
at Port Jackson on 15 July 1835. Westmoreland had embarked 220 male convicts and landed 218; two convicts died on the voyage. Westmoreland left Port Jackson
Westmoreland_(1832_ship)
Australian national holiday
the Cadigal. On 21 January, Phillip and a few officers travelled to Port Jackson, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the north, to see if it would be a better
Australia_Day
Australia. She made one voyage in 1811 transporting three convicts to Port Jackson, and then transferring 80 convicts from there to Van Diemen's Land. She
Ruby_(1800_ship)
Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jakelin; Walsh, Michael (2009). "Reinstating Aboriginal placenames around Port Jackson and Botany Bay". In Koch, Harold; Hercus, Luise (eds.). Aboriginal placenames:
Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales
Elizabeth_Bay,_New_South_Wales
Public transport ferry service
coves. A new company, Port Jackson Steamboat Co Limited, was formed in 1877. The company was reincorporated in 1881 as Port Jackson Steamship Co Limited
Sydney_Ferries
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
1991 and largely replaced by Port Jackson. Its only representative was Sandra Nori, who later represented Port Jackson. "PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND
Electoral_district_of_McKell
First Fleet transport ship
South Wales Marine Corps to guard the convicts. Charlotte arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, on 26 January 1788. This voyage was commemorated
Charlotte_(1784_ship)
Ship wrecked in Bass Strait in 1819
She was on a voyage from Port Jackson to India. In August 1819, Daphne, Captain Howard, sailed from Hobart for Port Jackson with wheat and potatoes. Daphne
Daphne_(brig)
Town in New South Wales, Australia
Coolah had a population of 1,290. The name Coolah is derived from the Port Jackson Pidgin English word meaning "angry". On the northeastern side of the
Coolah,_New_South_Wales
Calcutta-built UK merchant ship and convict transport 1803–1844
Australia: eight voyages to Port Jackson, one to Hobart Town, and one in which she delivered some convicts to Port Jackson but carried most of her charges
Mangles_(1803_ship)
Australian federal electoral division
division in the state of New South Wales. It is on the north shore of Port Jackson and the Tasman Sea coast, stretching from Wollstonecraft to Curl Curl
Division_of_Warringah
Australian bushranger (c. 1763–1796)
March 1792. Caesar left them both on Norfolk Island when he returned to Port Jackson on the Kitty in 1793. Caesar escaped briefly again in July 1794, and
John_Caesar
Australian master mariner and lighthouse keeper
was in Port Jackson in 1806 aboard the King George and at the end of 1807 he brought cargoes of sandalwood, seal oil and seal furs to Port Jackson. From
Richard_Siddins
Aboriginal Australian hardwood club
throwing stick for hunting animals. Waddy comes from the Darug people of Port Jackson, Sydney. Boondi is the Wiradjuri word for this implement. Leangle is
Waddy
stage travelled to Port Jackson in New South Wales. They returned to England from Port Jackson and then migrated again to Port Jackson in 1809. The family
Ocean_(1794_ship)
Northern arm of Port Jackson in Sydney
semi-mature tide dominated drowned valley estuary, is the northern arm of Port Jackson, an inlet of the Tasman Sea located north of Sydney central business
Middle_Harbour
Australian frontier conflict
Pacific.[citation needed] The arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 at Port Jackson marked the beginning of the colonization of Australia. At the time it
Hawkesbury_and_Nepean_Wars
Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
its name from the sheltered bay and anchorage on its western side, in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour). It provides views across the harbour to the Sydney
Watsons_Bay
Ship wrecked at Cape Flinders on Stanley Island, Australia
Archduke Charles when she had left from Port Jackson for Canton. Captain Joseph Savigny arrived at Port Jackson from Bengal on 6 December 1812. Frederick
Frederick_(1807_ship)
Genus of sharks
1831) (zebra bullhead shark) A Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni Dentition and oronasal grooves of a Port Jackson shark Zebra bullhead shark
Bullhead_shark
Suburb of Sydney, Australia
was made between 1899 and 1903. Before the arrival of Europeans in the Port Jackson area, the Waverley and Bondi areas were inhabited for tens of thousands
Bondi_Beach
Location on Stewart Island in New Zealand
against Spanish shipping and ports along the coasts of Spanish America. Johnston dispatched the Pegaso to Port Jackson, where she arrived at the end
Port_Pegasus
Ferry services on Sydney Harbour
Breadalbane, Cobra, Royal Alfred, and Manly (I). A new company, the Port Jackson Steamboat Company, was formed in 1876, and within a few years it was
Manly_ferry_service
service as a naval transport. She left Port Jackson on 26 October 1791, bound for Bengal. Atlantic returned to Port Jackson from Calcutta on 20 June 1792. She
Atlantic_(1783_ship)
Teina joined her as a sailor. Alexander was reported to have arrived at Port Jackson on 1 June 1803, having arrived there from New Zealand with "oil". The
Alexander_(1801_ship_Shields)
Election results for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia
Port Jackson, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1991. It was abolished in
Electoral results for the district of Port Jackson
Electoral_results_for_the_district_of_Port_Jackson
PORT JACKSON
PORT JACKSON
Male
Dutch
, able council.
Boy/Male
Norse Teutonic English French German
Short.
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, Hebrew, Latin
Form of Morton; From the Town Near the Moor; Follower of Marduk
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, a short form of Philpott.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a depression in the ground, from Middle English pot ‘drinking or storage vessel’ used in this transferred sense, or a habitational name from one of the minor places deriving their name from this word, in the sense ‘pit’, ‘hole’.English and North German (Lower Rhine-Westphalia) : metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle English, Middle Low German pot ‘pot’. See also Potter.North German : topographic name for someone living on a low-lying plot, from Low German dialect pÅt ‘puddle’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : of uncertain origin. The most plausible suggestion is that it is a Norman nickname from Old French mort ‘dead’ (Latin mortuus), presumably referring to a person of deathly pallor or unnaturally still countenance, or possibly to someone who played the part of death in a pageant. However, it could also be the result of survival into the Middle English period of an Old English personal name, Morta, or an Old English vocabulary word mort ‘young salmon or trout’, both postulated by Ekwall to explain various place names (see for example Morcom).French : either a nickname from Old French mort ‘dead’ (see above), or an alteration, by folk etymology, of the personal name Mor(e) (see Moore 3).
Girl/Female
English
Variant abbreviation of Sydney.
Boy/Male
Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Netherlands, Norse, Russian, Scandinavian, Swedish
Courteous; Courageous Advice; Brave; Bold Counsel; Honest Advisor; Short; Form of Kurt
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and Catalan
English, French, and Catalan : nickname from Old French, Middle English, Catalan fort, ‘strong’, ‘brave’ (Latin fortis). In some cases it may be from the Latin personal name derived from this word; this was borne by an obscure saint whose cult was popular during the Middle Ages in southern and southwestern France.English and French : topographic name for someone who lived near a fortress or stronghold, or an occupational name for someone employed in one. Compare Fortier 1.Czech (Fořt) : variant of Forst.
Boy/Male
Celtic
From the thorn bush or thicket.
Boy/Male
Norse German Dutch English
Short.
Boy/Male
Indian
Enlightened
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : unexplained.
Boy/Male
American, British, Dutch, English
Fortified
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Port.French : from Old French porte ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town (typically, the man in charge of them).Jewish (Sephardic) : variant of Porta.
Surname or Lastname
South German and Austrian
South German and Austrian : variant of Hardt 1.English : variant of Hart 1.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan : topographic name for
someone who lived near a bridge, Middle English, Old French, Catalan
pont (Latin pons, genitive pontis).Catalan : habitational name from any of the numerous places named
with Pont.Dutch : variant of
Pond 2.A Pont from the Lorraine region of France is documented in Quebec City in
1640; Pont appears to be a secondary surname to
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Danish, English, French, German, Norse, Swedish, Teutonic
Courtier; Court Attendant; Bold; Courageous Advice
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English port ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, typically, the man in charge of them. Compare Porter 1.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a harbor or in a market town, from the homonymous Middle English port (Old English port ‘harbor’, ‘market town’, from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French port, from the same source).German : topographic name for someone who lived near a (city) gate, from Middle Low German porte (modern German Pforte) (see sense 1).Jewish (from Lithuania and Belarus) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
French
Dead sea (a stagnant lake).
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname from Old French apert ‘ready’, ‘skillful’.
PORT JACKSON
PORT JACKSON
PORT JACKSON
PORT JACKSON
PORT JACKSON
PORT JACKSON
PORT JACKSON
v. i.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
n.
A size of paper. See Pott.
v. t.
To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm.
adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
a.
Porous; as, pory stone. [R.] Dryden.
n.
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
n.
The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.
v. t.
To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
v. i.
To have a part or share; to partake.
n.
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.
v. t.
To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
v. t.
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.
n.
The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.
adv.
On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
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.
n.
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
v. t.
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.
n.
A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
n.
The European whiting pout or bib.
v. t.
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.