Defn: 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.
POROUSLY
Por"ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a porous manner.
POROUSNESS
Por"ous*ness, n.
1. The quality of being porous.
2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.] They will forcibly get into the porousness of it. Sir K. Digby.
PORPENTINE
Por"pen*tine, n.
Defn: Porcupine. [Obs.] Shak.
PORPESSE
Por"pesse, n.
Defn: A porpoise. [Obs.]