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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Por·toise n.  Naut. The gunwale of a ship.
 To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the gunwale.
 To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.
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