n. (Chem.) A salt of caprylic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) See under Capric. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. A genus of marsupials comprising the musk kangaroos.
n. Leprosy. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Corrupted fr. prize a lever. See Prize, n. ] A lever; also, leverage. [ Local, U. S. & Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Pry pole,
v. t.
v. i. [ OE. prien. Cf. Peer to peep. ] To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach. “ To pry upon the stars.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Watch thou and wake when others be asleep,
To pry into the secrets of the state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Curious inspection; impertinent peeping. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mining) See Prian. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inspecting closely or impertinently. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a prying manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; prytanis. ] (Gr. Antiq.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. See Prithee. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
She is as spry as a cricket. S. Judd (Margaret). [ 1913 Webster ]
If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]