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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

PORY, adj. Spongy, porous in texture (Sh. 1966). Obs. in Eng. in 17th c.Sc. 1826 Blackwood's Mag. (April) 401:
They glide with ease through the pory earth.Sh. 1900 Shetland News (2 June):
Slott, if hit's right made, sood be as pory an' light as a bit o' Lerrick lof.

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