Dictionary: SEARCH – SEA-SCOR'PI-ON

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SEARCH, n. [serch.]

  1. A seeking or looking for something that is lost, or the place of which is unknown; with for or after; as, a search for lost money; a search for mines of gold and silver; a search after happiness or knowledge.
  2. Inquiry; a seeking. He spent his life in search of truth.
  3. Quest; pursuit for finding. Nor did my search of liberty begin / Till my black hairs were chang'd upon my chin. – Dryden.

SEARCH, v.i. [serch.]

  1. To seek; to look for; to make search. Once more search with me. – Shak.
  2. To make inquiry; to inquire. It suffices that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars. – Locke. To search for, to look for; to seek; to try to find; as, to search for a gentleman now in the house. Shak.

SEARCH, v.t. [serch; Fr. chercher; It. cercare; Arm. kerchat, to seek, to ramble.]

  1. To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to explore; to examine by inspection; as, to search the house for a book; to search the wood for a thief. Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan. – Num. xiii.
  2. To inquire; to seek for. Enough is left besides to search and know. – Milton.
  3. To probe; to seek the knowledge of, by feeling with an instrument; as, to search a wound. – Shak.
  4. To examine; to try. Ps. cxxxix. To search out, to seek till found, or to find by seeking; as, to search out truth. – Watts.

SEARCH-A-BLE, a. [serch'able.]

That may be searched or explored. – Cotgrave.

SEARCH-A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being searchable.

SEARCH-ED, pp. [serch'ed.]

Looked over carefully; explored; examined.

SEARCH-ER, n. [sercher.]

  1. One who searches, explores, or examines, for the purpose of finding something.
  2. A seeker; an inquirer. – Watts.
  3. An examiner; a trier; as, the Searcher of hearts.
  4. An officer in London, appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of their death. – Graunt.
  5. An officer of the customs, whose business is to search and examine ships outward bound, to ascertain whether they have prohibited goods on board, also baggage, goods, &c.
  6. An inspector of leather. [Local.]
  7. In military affairs, an instrument for examining ordnance, to ascertain whether guns have any cavities in them. Encyc.
  8. An instrument used in the inspection of butter, &c. to ascertain the quality of that which is contained in firkins. – Mass.

SEARCH-ING, n. [serch'ing.]

Examination; severe inquisition. – Judges v.

SEARCH-ING, ppr. [serch'ing.]

  1. Looking into or over; exploring; examining; inquiring; seeking; investigating.
  2. adj. Penetrating; trying; close; as, a searching discourse.

SEARCH-ING-LY, adv.

In a searching manner.

SEARCH-ING-NESS, n. [serch'ingness.]

The quality of severe inquiry or examination.

SEARCH-LESS, a. [serch'less.]

Inscrutable; eluding search or investigation.

SEARCH'-WAR-RANT, a.

In law, a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, authorizing persons to search houses or other places, for stolen goods. Right of search, in naval affairs, the right claimed by one nation, to authorize the commanders of their ships to enter vessels of other nations, and examine their papers and cargo, to ascertain the character of the vessels, and the destination of their cargoes.

SEAR-CLOTH, n. [Sax. sar-clath, sore-cloth.]

A cloth to cover a sore; a plaster. – Mortimer.

SEAR-ED, pp. [from sear.]

Burnt on the surface; cauterized; hardened.

SEAR-ED-NESS, n.

The state of being seared, cauterized, or hardened; hardness; hence, insensibility. Bp. Hall.

SEA-RE-SEM'BLING, a.

Like the sea; sea-like. – Sandys.

SEA-RISK, n. [sea and risk.]

Hazard or risk at sea; danger of injury or destruction by the sea.

SEA-ROB-BER, n. [sea and robber.]

A pirate; one that robs on the high seas.

SEA-ROCK-ET, n.

A plant of the genus Bunias. – Lee. Miller.

SEA-ROOM, n. [sea and room.]

Ample space or distance from land, shoals or rocks, sufficient for a ship to drive or scud without danger of shipwreck. – Mar. Dict.

SEA-ROV-ER, n. [sea and rover.]

  1. A pirate; one that cruises for plunder.
  2. A ship or vessel that is employed in cruising for plunder.

SEA-ROV-ING, a.

Wandering on the ocean.

SEA-RUFF, n.

A kind of sea-fish. [L. orphus.] – Johnson.

SEA-SCOR'PI-ON, n. [sea and scorpion.]

Another name for the fatherlasher. Dict. Nat. Hist.