Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The scup.
   (b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
   (c) The margate fish.
   (d) The spadefish.
   (e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf
       fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given
       locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
       [Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]