Category:Pore

Pore, n. Etym: [f., fr. L. porus, gr. Fare, v.]

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 Stones.

Pore Pore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pored; p. pr. & vb. n. Poring.] Etym: [oe. Poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, gael. Purr.]

Defn: 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.