Definition of Portaged

1. Verb. (past of portage) ¹

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Definition of Portaged

1. portage [v] - See also: portage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portaged

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portable toilet
portable toilets
portableness
portables
portably
portacabin
portacabins
portacaval shunt
portace
portaces
portafilter
portafilters
portage
portaged (current term)
portages
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portague
portagues
portajohn
portajohns
portal
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portal site
portal sites
portal system
portal vein
portal veins
portaled

Literary usage of Portaged

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

1. Sessional Papersby Canada Parliament by Canada Parliament (1891)
"Commenced to portage (1 mile) at 4 o'clock; left portage at 7.30 ; made 12 miles and portaged at 10.15 ; left at 10.45 ; mad« 6 miles and portaged ; dined ..."

2. Report on the Exploration of the Country Between Lake Superior and the Red by Canada Provincial Secretary's Office, Henry Youle Hind, George Gladman (1858)
"The river continues with an average width of 15 chains for S.5 miles, when Slave Falls of 19.80 feet are portaged 30 chains. Leaving the foot of the Slave ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"He and Jolliet entered Green Bay, passed up the Fox River, portaged to the Wisconsin River, followed the latter to its mouth, went down the Mississippi to ..."

4. A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador: An Account of the Exploration of the by Mina Hubbard, Leonidas Hubbard (1908)
"portaged and paddled west 4^ miles. Wallace turned round again and carried pack back to ... portaged west 11/2 miles, with two little lakes to help. ..."

5. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1857)
"... there are three falls and two rapids below the Smoke River which require to be portaged, ascending the stream; but the rapids can be run in the descent. ..."

6. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1912)
"Got to Little Chute, and portaged skiff in Six Mile Lake after night. ... Left for home next day and portaged ever at eleven am Met a gale of wind and had ..."

7. Report by Ontario Dept. of Mines (1899)
"From the old sugar bush we paddled across a little low-lying lake with pine upon its shores, and portaged into lake No. 4, a lake of legendary fame, ..."

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