Definition of pry

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Pry (n.) A lever; also, leverage..

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Peak :: Peak (v. i.) To pry; to peep slyly.
Pryingly :: Pryingly (adv.) In a prying manner.
Prytanis :: Prytanis (n.) A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year..
Prythee :: Prythee (interj.) See Prithee.
Eupryion :: Eupryion (n.) A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match..
Inspecttion :: Inspecttion (n.) The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
Prytaneum :: Prytaneum (n.) A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers..
Pry :: Pry (v. i.) To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.
Prize :: Prize (v. t.) To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.
Owl :: Owl (v. i.) To pry about; to prowl.
Pry :: Pry (n.) A lever; also, leverage..
Spere :: Spere (v. i.) To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.
Curious :: Curious (a.) Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Prying :: Prying (a.) Inspecting closely or impertinently.
Caprylic :: Caprylic (a.) See under Capric.
Peep :: Peep (v. i.) To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry..
Water Buck :: Water buck () A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok..
Emissitious :: Emissitious (a.) Looking, or narrowly examining; prying..
Octoic :: Octoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important of which is called caprylic acid..
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