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Portcluse
Portcluse Port"cluse, n.
A portcullis. [Obs.]
Portcrayon
Portcrayon Port`cray"on, n. [F. porte-crayon; porter to carry
+ crayon a crayon.]
A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
PortcullisPortcullis Port*cul"lis, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portcullised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising.]
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
[R.] --Shak. PortcullisPortcullis Port*cul"lis, n. [OF. porte coulisse, cole["i]ce, a
sliding door, fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain:
cf. F. couler to glide. See Port a gate, and cf. Cullis,
Colander.]
1. (Fort.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron,
hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to
prevent the entrance of an enemy. ``Let the portcullis
fall.' --Sir W. Scott.
She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. --Milton.
2. An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the
use of the East India Company; -- so called from its
bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse. PortcullisedPortcullis Port*cul"lis, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portcullised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising.]
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
[R.] --Shak. PortcullisingPortcullis Port*cul"lis, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portcullised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising.]
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
[R.] --Shak.
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