pory

adj

pory

adj

UK /ˈpɔː.ɹi/ · US /ˈpɔɹ.i/

Etymology From pore + -y.

1

Archaic porous

Now to the court arriv'd th' admiring son / Beholds the vaulted roofs of pory stone.1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Derived terms: poriness

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