Definition of pry

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Pry (n.) Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.

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Octoate :: Octoate (n.) A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate.
Eupryion :: Eupryion (n.) A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match..
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.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
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..
Prize :: Prize (n.) A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever..
Prythee :: Prythee (interj.) See Prithee.
Pray :: Pray (n. & v.) See Pry.
Inspecttion :: Inspecttion (n.) The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
Prie :: Prie (v. i.) To pry.
Potoroo :: Potoroo (n.) Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat..
Caprylic :: Caprylic (a.) See under Capric.
Spere :: Spere (v. i.) To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.
Mouse :: Mouse (v. i.) To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something..
Prytanes :: Prytanes (pl. ) of Prytani.
Nose :: Nose (v. i.) To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
Peeper :: Peeper (n.) One who peeps; a prying person; a spy.
Emissitious :: Emissitious (a.) Looking, or narrowly examining; prying..
Curious :: Curious (a.) Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.
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