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Webster 1913 Edition
Pervious
1.
Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable;
as, a
. pervious
soil[Doors] . . .
pervious
to winds, and open every way. Pope.
2.
Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
[R.]
God, whose secrets are
pervious
to no eye. Jer. Taylor.
3.
Capable of penetrating or pervading.
[Obs.]
Prior.
4.
(Zool.)
Open; – used synonymously with
perforate
, as applied to the nostrils or birds. Webster 1828 Edition
Pervious
PER'VIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Admitting passage; that may be penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; penetrable. We say, glass is pervious to light; a porous stone is pervious to water; a wood is pervious or not pervious to a body of troops. A country pervious to the arms and authority of the conqueror.
2.
That may be penetrated by the mental sight. By darkness they mean God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye.
3.
Pervading; permeating; as pervious fire. [Not proper.]