[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pry \pry\, n. corrupted fr. prize a lever. see prize, n.
   a lever; also, leverage. local, u. s.  eng.
   1913 webster

   pry pole, the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin,
      and stands facing the windlass.
      1913 webster
see also:
prize pry pole 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pry \pry\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pried; p. pr.  vb. n.
   prying.
   to raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or
   lever; to prize. local, u. s.  eng.
   1913 webster
see also:
pried prying 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pry \pry\, 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
see also:
peer 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pry \pry\, n.
   curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pry
     n : a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge syn: crowbar,
          wrecking bar, pry bar
     v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
          open; "the burglar jimmied the lock", "raccoons managed
          to pry the lid off the garbage pail" syn: prise, prize,
           lever, jimmy
     2: be nosey; "don't pry into my personal matters"
     3: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "this guy is always
        nosing around the office" syn: nose, poke
     4: make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "they pried the
        information out of him" syn: prise
     also: pried
see also:
crowbar wrecking bar pry bar prise prize lever 
jimmy nose poke pried 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

127 moby thesaurus words for "pry":
   paul pry, paul-pry, peeping tom, backseat driver, bar, beam,
   beat the bushes, bend the eyes, boom, burrow, busybody, cant hook,
   claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, delve, delve into, dig, dig into,
   direct the eyes, disengage, disjoin, divide, eavesdropper, elevate,
   explore, fathom, fool with, forage, frisk, fulcrumage,
   get a foothold, get leverage, go into, go through, gossip,
   handspike, hoist, hunt, indagate, inquirer, inquisitive,
   inquisitor, intermeddle, intermeddler, investigate, iron crow,
   jimmy, kibitz, kibitzer, lever, leverage, lift, limb, look,
   look around, look into, look round, look through, marlinespike,
   meddle, meddle with, meddler, mess with, monkey with, mouse, nose,
   nose around, nosy parker, outrigger, peavey, pedal, peek, peep,
   peer, peer into, pick up, pinch bar, play peekaboo, plumb, poke,
   poke around, poke into, prier, prize, probe, pry into, querier,
   querist, questioner, quidnunc, raise, rear, research, ripping bar,
   root, rubberneck, rubbernecker, scopophiliac, search, search into,
   search through, separate, sift, sightseer, smell around, snook,
   snoop, snooper, sound, spar, spy, take a peep, take up,
   tamper with, treadle, turn, twist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear,
   voyeur, wedge, wrecking bar, yenta

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