Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PORE, n. [Fr. pore; Sp. and It. poro; Gr. πορος, from the root of πορευομαι, to go, to pass, Sax. faran, Eng. to fare. See Fare. The word then signifies a passage.]

1. In anatomy, a minute interstice in the skin of an animal, through which the perspirable matter passes to the surface or is excreted.
2. A small spiracle, opening or passage in other substances; as, the pores of plants or of stones. – Quincy. Dryden.