pry

To look or inquire closely, curiously, or impertinently.

To raise, move, or force open with a lever.

To obtain with effort or difficulty.

Something, such as a crowbar, that is used to apply leverage.

To look closely or with scrutinizing curiosity; hence, to search curiously or impertinently into any matter; peer; peep.

To observe; note.

To raise or move by means of a pry; prize; bring into a desired position or condition by means of a pry: as, to pry a box open.

A peeping glance; peering; curious or narrow inspection.

One who pries; a prier; an inquisitive, intrusive person (with allusion to Paul Pry, a fictitious name which, in its turn, was evidently suggested by this sense of the word).

A large lever employed to raise or move heavy substances; a prize.