Definition of Aport

1. adv. On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.

Definition of Aport

1. Adverb. (qualifier shipping) on the left side of the boat ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aport

1. on or toward the left side of a ship [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aport

apoptotic
aporepressor
aporesis
aporetic
aporetical
aporetically
aporia
aporias
aporic
aporically
aporioneurosis
aporosa
aporose
aporphine
aporphines
aport (current term)
apos
aposelene
aposematic
aposematic coloration
aposematically
aposematism
aposematisms
aposiopeses
aposiopesis
aposiopestic
aposiopetic
apositia
apositias
apositic

Literary usage of Aport

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A United States Supreme Court and United States Circuit Court of Appeals by William Draper Lewis, United States Supreme Court (1897)
"... pa.ss4?s the point of intersection first, is in fault for producing a collision by putting her helm hard aport upon seeing the schooner's green light. ..."

2. Fruits for the Cold North: Report on Russian Fruits : by Charles Gibb by Charles Gibb (1884)
"aport.—This is the family of which our Alexander is a member ; a large and widely ... It is named aport because imported long ago from Oporto, in Portugal, ..."

3. Ancient Christianity Exemplified in the Private, Domestic, Social, and Civil by Lyman Coleman (1852)
"Comment, in Art. aport. c. Yl. 3. ... aport. Till. c. 18. 2U. Cyp. ep. 9. ia) 16.) p. ... aport. lib. Till. c. 19; Condi. Chalee- don. c. ..."

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