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† ˈporiness Obs.
[f. pory + -ness.]
The condition of being ‘pory’ or porous; porosity; also concr. a porous part.
1653Walton Angler iii. 86 It is reported, there is a fish that hath not any mouth, but lives by taking breath by the poriness of her gils. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 57 Vapours may be contained in the porinesses or hollow places of the Air. 1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. v. ix. 392, I took off the Dressings, and set the Trepan above the fractured Bone,..considering withall the Poriness of the Bone below. |