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Shameless. Shak.

Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.

Impenetrable by shot.

Undiscoverable to sight. Hidden in their own sightproof bush. Lowell.

Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells.

Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm. [Poetic] Milton.

Impervious to the rays of the sun. "Darksome yew, sunproof." Marston.

Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.

Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit.

Valor tried by war.

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

The act or process of making waterproof.

Proof against rough weather.

Acceptance. [R.] Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs. Browning.

The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. Accumulation of energy or power, the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. -- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the ru…

Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor.

Corroborative or explanatory proof.

a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay.

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

he main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.