What does poring mean?
Poring means present participle and gerund of pore.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of pore.
During my porings over a volume of the former for 1794, I fell upon a paragraph which caused such a sudden perturbation in my whole appearance, as to excite the curiosity of the surgeon[…]
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Poring means present participle and gerund of pore.
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During my porings over a volume of the former for 1794, I fell upon a paragraph which caused such a sudden perturbation in my whole appearance, as to excite the curiosity of the surgeon[…]
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