Porting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Port \Port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ported}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Porting}.] [F. porter, L. portare to carry. See {Port}
     demeanor.]
     1. To carry; to bear; to transport. [Obs.]
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              They are easily ported by boat into other shires.
                                                    --Fuller.
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     2. (Mil.) 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.
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              Began to hem him round with ported spears. --Milton.
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     {Port arms}, a position in the manual of arms, executed as
        above.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  porting
       
          Translating software to run on a different computer and/or
          {operating system}.
       
          (1995-01-06)