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† portic Obs. rare.
Also 7 portick.
[OE. ad. L. porticus: see next; cf. OHG. pforzih, etc. Not in ME., where F. porche porch took its place; re-introduced in 17th c.]
A portico, a porch.
a900tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. iii. (1890) 106 Forðon in þone forecwedenan portic ma ne meahte beon [L. eo quod praedicta porticus plura capere nequiuit]. c950Lindisf. Gosp. John x. 23 And ᵹe-eade se hælend in temple in portic salamones. c1000Ags. Gosp. John v. 2 Se mere hæfð fif porticas.
1682Wheler Journ. Greece i. 18 It hath on the outside a Portic round it... Each side of the Portick is of Fourteen foot long. Ibid. 76 A fine Mosque; whose Portick is supported by Red Marble Pillars.
b. A philosopher of the Porch; a Stoic philosopher. nonce-use.
a1644Quarles Funeral Elegies Poems (1717) 417 Thou dry-brain'd Portick, whose Ahenean brest Transcending passion, never was opprest With grief. |