n. [ F., fr. L. porus, Gr. &unr_; a passage, a pore. See Fare, v. ]
v. i.
The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Probably influenced by pore, v. See Purblind. ] Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who pores. [ 1913 Webster ]