'Poring' definitions:
Definition of 'Poring'
From: GCIDE
- Pore \Pore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pored; p. pr. & vb. n. Poring.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.] To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over."Painfully to pore upon a book." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]