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Brewer's: Port
meaning larboard or left side, is an abbreviation of porta il timone (carry the helm). Porting arms is carrying them on the left hand. “To heel to port” is to lean on the leftside (Saxon,…Brewer's: Porte
(The) or The Sublime Porte. The Ottoman Empire. In the Byzantine Empire, the gates of the palace were the place of assembly for judicial and legal administration. The word sublime is…Brewer's: Cinque Ports
(The). Originally the five seaports Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney, and Hythe. Subsequently Winchelsea and Rye were added. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Crusted Port
When port is first bottled its fermentation is not complete; in time it precipitates argol on the sides of the bottle, where it forms a crust. Crusted port, therefore, is port which has…Brewer's: College Port
The worst species of red wine that can be manufactured and palmed off upon young men at college. (See Widows' Port) “We all know what college port is like.” —The Times. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Sublime Port
Wine merchants say the port of 1820 is the true “Sublime Port.” Of course, the play is on the Porta Sublima or Ottoman empire. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Sublime Porte
(The). The Ottoman empire. It is the French for Porta Sublima, the “lofty gate.” Constantinople has twelve gates, and near one of these gates is a building with a lofty gateway called “Bab…Brewer's: Magnum of Port
(A), or other wine, a double bottle. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Magnus ApolloMagnum Opus A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Brewer's: Port Wine
Lord Pembroke's port wine. This renowned wine is thus made- 27 gallons of rough cider, 13 gallons of Bone Carlo wine, 3 gallons of brandy. To make a hogshead of port. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Widow's Port
A wine sold for port, but of quite a different family. As a widow retains her husband's name after her husband is taken away, so this mixture of potato…Trending
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