Pore — Defs

01 n. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

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.

02 v. i. 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.

imp. & p. p. Pored; p. pr. & vb. n. Poring

1.
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.
“The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing.” — Dryden.