Pore

Definitions

1. A tiny opening in the skin.
2. By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.

Equivalents

Examples

“I could sense⟳ the sweat⟳ dripping out of all my pores.”

“the pores of a rock.”

“Under certain conditions tangential sections indicate⟳ that the zoœcial walls and the intermural space are seemingly pierced by communication pores or connecting foramina.”

“After reading White’s vitriolic language, The New York Times facetiously remarked that “Kansas is bleeding from every pore of her vocabularium. Sharp’s rifles are discharging from the well-known Emporium of White & Son, unlimited, and Bibles are closed until after election.””

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