Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

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Defn: The advantage of using water as a mechanical power; also, the place where water is, or may be, so used. See under Privilege.

WATERPROOF
Wa"ter*proof`, a.

Defn: Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.

WATERPROOF
Wa"ter*proof`, n.

1. A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.

2. Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; esp., an outer garment made of such material.

WATERPROOF
Wa"ter*proof`, v. t.

Defn: To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc.

WATERPROOFING
Wa"ter*proof`ing, n.

1. The act or process of making waterproof.