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plural pores
A tiny opening in the skin. examples
By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid. examples
third-person singular simple present pores, present participle poring, simple past and past participle pored
To study meticulously; to go over again and again. quotations examples
Yet each foreign post day she watched for the arrival of letters - knew the postmark, and watched me as I read. I found her often poring over the articles of Greek intelligence in the newspaper.
1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter X, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]
To meditate or reflect in a steady way. examples