Category:Pervious

Per"vi*ous, a. Etym: [l. pervis; per + via a way. See per-, and Voyage.]

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. (zoöl.)

Defn: open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the Nostrils or birds.