Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb On or toward the port or left side of a ship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, to or on the port side of a ship, as in the phrase hard aport.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Naut.) On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb shipping on the left side of the boat
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Examples
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First Missouri volunteer regiment, their guns "aport" and ready for immediate service, and at their head -- the only mounted man in the regiment, according to my recollection -- rode their Colonel, who was
The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights
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October 10th, 2009 at 4: 19 am PDT this info is may aport for you tomas is here look this reply
FireAnt Just Rocks Michael Arrington 2005
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Bon ce qui me fait penser que je vais carrement vider mon livret A a la poste ... ca fera toujours un petit aport ... oui pitit pitit c grand en fait mais pour moi non pas que j'suis depensier mais alors quand meme le peu qu'j'achete ya pas d'entree qui l'rembourse ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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October 23rd, 2006 at 6: 00 pm PDT this info is may aport for you tomas is here look this reply
FireAnt Just Rocks Michael Arrington 2005
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And then Lovat, seeing the long swell of that grey sea, and the funnels of ships like a city suburb, put the helm hard aport, and turned the ship about, and beat against a horrible sea and wind till they got into the opposite drift.
Kangaroo 2004
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Before he could finish the query, she slammed the steering guide hard aport and yelled out, "Hang on!"
The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997
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“Hard aport!” he shouted, and instantly Shelby cut hard to the left.
VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL PETER DAVID 1991
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“Hard aport!” he shouted, and instantly Shelby cut hard to the left.
VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL PETER DAVID 1991
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“Hard aport!” he shouted, and instantly Shelby cut hard to the left.
VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL PETER DAVID 1991
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Out in the commercial district, away from the bars and simulated strip joints and stimclubs, few lights showed below‑until a smaller, much faster skimmer shot by hard aport.
Flinx In Flux Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1988
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