The Merchant of Venice give the meaning of argosies with portly sail Asked by indubati naik on 10 Apr 09:02 Last updated by anonymous on 10 Apr 16:36
An argosy is a type of ship or boat. He's comparing the way they act to large ships that just blow past the smaller ships on the ocean. In other words, the merchants tend to think that they are bigger and better than others.
