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porings

porings is the plural of poring.

Meaning of poring

Noun

poring (plural porings)

  1. The act of one who pores.
    • 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[…]1833, Oliver Moore, The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune

Questions about porings

What is porings the plural of?
Porings is the plural of poring.

Words near porings in the dictionary

  1. poriness
  2. porinflammatory
  3. poring
  4. poring over
  5. poringly
  6. porings
  7. porins
  8. poriomania
  9. porion
  10. Porirua
  11. porism

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