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port·age     (pôr'tĭj, pōr'-, pôr-täzh')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act or an instance of carrying.
    2. A charge for carrying.
    3. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
    4. A track or route used for such carrying.
  2. Nautical
    1. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
    2. A track or route used for such carrying.
tr. & intr.v.   port·aged, port·ag·ing, port·ag·es Nautical
To transport or travel by portage: canoed and portaged the goods; portaging around the rapids.

[Middle English, from Old French, from porter, to carry, from Latin portāre; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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