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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Portass  \Por"tass\,  n.  [OF.  porte-hors  a  kind  of  prayer  book,  so 
  called  from  being  portable;  cf  LL  portiforium.] 
  A  breviary;  a  prayer  book.  [Written  variously  {portace}, 
  {portasse},  {portesse},  {portise},  {porthose},  {portos}, 
  {portus},  {portuse},  etc.]  [Obs.]  --Spenser.  Camden. 
 
  By  God  and  by  this  porthors  I  you  swear.  --Chaucer. 

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