Porousness

Porousness
Porousness Por"ous*ness, n. 1. The quality of being porous. [1913 Webster]

2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.] [1913 Webster]

They will forcibly get into the porousness of it. --Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster]


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