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Webster 1913 Edition

Porous

Por′ous

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
poreux
. See
Pore
,
Noun.
]
Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids;
as, a
porous
skin;
porous
wood.
“The veins of porous earth.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Porous

PO'ROUS

,
Adj.
[from pore.] Having interstices in the skin or substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; as a porous skin; porous wood; porous earth.

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