Vocabulary : Portmote to Portrayal

Portmote : In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town.
Portoir : One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which, produces.
Portoise : The gunwale of a ship.
Portos : See Portass.
Portpane : A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands.

Portrait : The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. ;; Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. ;; To portray; to draw.
Portraitist : A portrait painter.
Portraiture : A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. ;; Pictures, collectively; painting. ;; The art or practice of making portraits. ;; To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.
Portray : To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. ;; Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. ;; To adorn with pictures.
Portrayal : The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

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