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• Crowbar (tool) — Jemmy redirects here. For the Kongolese rebel leader, see Stono Rebellion. A crowbar. A crowbar, a wrecking bar, pry bar, or prybar, or sometimes (in British usage) a prise bar or prisebar, and more informally a jimmy, jimmy bar,[ …   Wikipedia

• crowbar — /kroh bahr /, n., v.t., crowbarred, crowbarring. n. 1. Also called crow. a steel bar, usually flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever. v.t. 2. to pry open, loosen, etc., with a crowbar: We had to crowbar a window to get… …   Universalium

• pry — praɪ v. look curiously, peep, peer; meddle, interfere; force open, wrest open with a crowbar or similar tool …   English contemporary dictionary

• pry — pry1 [prī] n. pl. pries [back form. < PRIZE2] 1. a tool for raising or moving something by leverage; lever, crowbar, etc. 2. leverage vt. pried, prying 1. to raise, move, or force with a pry …   English World dictionary

• pry bar — noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge • Syn: ↑crowbar, ↑wrecking bar, ↑pry • Derivationally related forms: ↑pry (for: ↑pry) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• pry — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pry — I [[t]praɪ[/t]] v. i. pried, pry•ing 1) to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others[/ex] 2) to look closely or curiously; peer • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME pryen, prien, of uncert. orig. II… …   From formal English to slang

• pry — pry1 /pruy/, v., pried, prying, n., pl. pries. v.i. 1. to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others. 2. to look closely or curiously; peer; peep. n. 3. an impertinently inquisitive person. 4 …   Universalium

• crowbar — 1. noun /ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/ a) an iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart b) An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage Syn …   Wiktionary

• Robert Coates (actor) — Robert Coates (1772 1848) was a British would be actor who became famous for his atrocious skills. His favourite part was Shakespeare s Romeo. Biography Robert Coates was born in Antigua in the West Indies as a son of a wealthy sugar planter. His …   Wikipedia

• John C. Austin — Infobox Architect name=John C. Austin mother= father= nationality= American birth date=birth date|1870|2|13 birth place= Bodicote, Oxfordshire, England death date=death date|1963|9|3 death place= Pasadena, California significant… …   Wikipedia