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▪ I. waterproof, a. and n.|ˈwɔːtəpruːf|
[See proof a. 1 b.]
A. adj. Impervious to water; capable of resisting the deleterious action of water.
1736Gentl. Mag. VI. 732/1 The everlasting Mountains would be Water-Proof. 1802W. Jessop in Minutes Comm. Surrey Iron Rlwy. 7 Oct., Quarries of Limestone at Merstham, apparently superior in Quality for Water-Proof Lime to either that of Guildford or Dorking. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 823 To render Boots and Shoes waterproof. 1816Sporting Mag. XLVIII. 192 Joseph Egg's Water Proof Gun. 1836W. Irving Astoria (1849) 337 These hats were nearly waterproof, and extremely durable. 1871J. O. Brookfield Influence II. 30 The Miss Shaws, in neat waterproof travelling suits. 1877Huxley Physiogr. 29 Not a drop of water can reach it as long as the waterproof roof remain sound. 1920Conquest May 311/3 Nowadays the cry is for waterproof roads.
b. transf. and fig.
1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son III. 330 It..didn't make a man's inside water-proof, which good Nantz would. 1838Dickens O. Twist xxxvii, But tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble's soul; his heart was water⁓proof. 1854Surtees Handley Cr. li. (1901) II. 92 Twice Dribbleford Brook comes in the way for those whose ambition is waterproof.
B. n. A fabric or garment rendered impervious to water by treatment with india-rubber or the like.
1799Hull Advertiser 12 Jan. 2/3 Parish's patent water⁓proof, best superfine. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vii. (ed. 2) 245 Officers..carry clasp-knife,..waterproof, haversack. 1877M. M. Grant Sun-Maid i, They were clad in grey waterproof. 1880Howells Undiscov. Country x. 139 The teacher took off her waterproof, the hood of which she had drawn over her head.
▪ II. ˈwaterproof, v.
[f. prec. adj.]
trans. To make waterproof or impervious to water.
1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 147/1 This..is the varnish now generally employed in waterproofing the garments well known by the name of Mackintoshes. 1843Mech. Mag. XXXIX. 479 Sylvester's Mode of Waterproofing Walls. 1862Jrnl. Soc. Arts X. 330/2 The oil sheet manufacturers have for more than a century waterproofed linen by layers of oil. 1894Blackmore Perlycross xxxv, The Chancel roof which had only been patched up temporarily and water⁓proofed with thick tarpaulins. 1905D. Wallace Lure Labrador Wild iii. 53 The tent was..made of balloon silk and waterproofed.
b. transf. and fig.
1841Lever O'Malley lxix. 342 If one did'nt expect to be waterproofed [meaning killed in battle] before morning they really would'nt go out in such weather. 1891Sir H. Maxwell in Blackw. Mag. Oct. 582/1 Balzac..was wonderfully waterproofed against despondency by the intense realism of his fancy. |
