Middle English Dictionary Entry
pōre n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | pōre n.(1) Also povre. |
| Etymology | OF pore & L porus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An opening or pore in the earth, a tree, body of an animal or insect, bone of an animal, etc.; (b) a pore in the human body, skin, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)63a/b : Þe marouȝ of suche bestis lotyþ and is I-hid in þe poores of þe bone.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)125b/a : Þis moneþ for his cooldenesse..stoppiþ pores in bestis and gadreþ humours inward.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)135b/a : Þe souþerne wynde..openeþ poores of þerþe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)208b/b : Trees wiþ þynne substaunce and..ful of holes and pores leseþ here leues..whanne þe humour of þe feedyng is þynne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)260a/b : Euerich beste breþeþ..some by..þe mouþ oþer by þe nose and somme by priue weies as by priue holes and pores as been and flies.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)409 : Pore, hole yn a beestys flesche: Porus.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.53 : Þe contrarie is of norþeren men, in þe whiche colde wiþ oute stoppeþ smale holes and poorus, and holdeþ the hete wiþ ynne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)66a/a : Þe skyn is al ful of poores and, namliche, þe skin of þe heed.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)118b/b : Þe medicyne schulde woose and passe out..for þanne holes and pores of þe body ben open.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)107/2 : Þe heeris of þe heed weren..ordeyned þat neiþer cold ne hoot ne schulde not sodeynli entre þe poris of the skyn.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)161b/b : He mowe open & sprede o brede þe pores of þe skynne..to let þe mater passen oute þat is resolued.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)97/36 : Grete apostemes..stoppen so þe vaynes and þe pores of þe skynne þat þe spirites may not respire.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.1286 : He bathed hymsilff in the flood of Nile..His pooris opnede on parties manyfold.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)52/2 : When þe pores are opyn..þan entres ayere þat es venemous.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)153 : Þis wole open þe poores and make þe swet for to renne out þer-at.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)59/2 : In veer and somer, the wombe is colde, and the povres open, and the hete is shad thurgh all the body.
- a1500 Burg.Pest.(2) (Sln 2320)73/14 : The man..nedeth hym to kepe fro outrage and excesse in mete..ne vse noo bathes..for alle thyse openeth the porys of the body.
2.
(a) An internal channel for bodily fluids such as blood, urine, etc.; also, a passageway in the body for sensory impulses, nutriment, or spirit; passinge (pissinge) pores, the renal veins and the ureters; (b) the auditory nerve; ~ of hering, ~ auditive, ~ of the ere, the external ear canal; (c) a duct or tube inserted in the body.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)314a/a : Swete þinges..stoppeþ þe splene, lyuour, and reynes, and þat is for it stoppeþ þe smale pores of þilke parties wiþ here þikke substaunce.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)171/24-5,27 : Þe splene..haþ ij poris, & þoruȝ þat oon pore he drawiþ malancolious blood of þe lyuere..& þere is anoþer pore þat goiþ to þe mouþ of þe stomac.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)157a/b : Ventosez..bene put vpon þe waiez & þe pores by which vryne passeþ fro þe reynez to þe vesic.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)66b/b : Þe vtilite of þe ffirste pore of þe cheste of þe galle is ordeined be cause þat þe blode schulde be depured of coler þurȝ hym.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)185/19 : When þe pores ben kytte by þe whiche þe norisshynge and þe lyf and þe felynge come to þat organyk membre..þe spiritis and vertues ben dede.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8801 : The bavme..sanke fro aboue..to the lell theghes, Passond by poris into þe pure legges.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)42b/a : From þe kylis vena, goiþ to þe eiþir Neer or kydeney an holow veyne, þe which is callid pori vrytides, þat is to seye, þe passinge poris..þanne þis aquosite þus discerned is y-seid vrinalis or pissinge, þe whiche ys y-sent forþ þoruȝ þe passynge poris to þe bladdre.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)43a/a : Wiþ þe bladder nyȝ his necke ben conteyned þe lowere pissinge poris bringinge þe pisse from þe reynes, which priuily entriþ þe holis of þe vttere tunicle of þe bladdre.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)163/22 : Wyne..sethyth þe mete within þe stomak and bryngith it to norchyng of alle partys be þe veynis of þe body and be þe porys.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)239/5 : Men wyche haue..throgh al the body the ouertures large, that clerkys callyth Pores, sholde vse grete mettis.
b
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)106/1223 : In tym of wynter þe pores of þe eyre are sparyd & closyd because of frigidite.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)12a/a : Þe erez bene cartilaginous & amfractuous..To þe which bi þe tortuous holes of þe forsaid bone comeþ porez or neruez fro þe 5 pair of neruez of þe brayn.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)39b/a : Vnto þam seweþ more akyngez..most to þo þat beþ in profounde toward þe pore audityue, i. pore of heryng [Ch.(2): hole of þe herynge; L porum auditiuum].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)471/2 : Sekenesses of þe eren..ben in þe propre membre of þilke herynge, þat is, þe synowy pore.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5671 : Smale pipes..of gold..wern enbowed doun..To eche party..Of his body..By secre poris..wherby þe licour myȝt doun discende.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Phr. ~ of the ere added.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pore 1.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. passing pore.