POROUS

porous|pory. Porous, or Pory, a. abounding with or like pores

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Por″ous (?), a. [[Cf. F. poreux. See Pore, n.]] 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.