Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pervious

Pervious , adjective

[Latin 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. [Rare]
God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. — Jer. Taylor
3.
Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obsolete] — Prior
4.
(Zoology) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.