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Webster 1913 Edition
Pore
1.
One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
2.
A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body;
as, the
. pores
of stonesPore
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pored
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poring
.] [OE.
poren
, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren
to poke, thrust, Gael. purr
.] To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; – often with on or upon, and now usually with over.
“Painfully to pore upon a book.” Shak.
The eye grows weary with
poring
perpetually on the same thing. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pore
PORE
,Noun.
1.
In anatomy, a minute interstice in the skin of an animal, through which the perspirable matter passes to the surface or is excreted.2.
A small spiracle, opening or passage in other substances; as the pores of plants or of stones.PORE
,Verb.
I.
Painfully to pore upon a book.
With sharpened sight pale antiquaries pore.