Approof :: Approof (n.) Trial; proof.

Approof :: Approof (n.) Approval; commendation.

Ballproof :: Ballproof (a.) Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

Bead Proof :: Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters..

Bead Proof :: Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken..

Bombproof :: Bombproof (a.) Secure against the explosive force of bombs.

Bombproof :: Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.

Bullet-proof :: Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.

Curb Roof :: Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof..

Disproof :: Disproof (n.) A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement..

Disroof :: Disroof (v. t.) To unroof.

Fireproof :: Fireproof (a.) Proof against fire; incombustible.

High-proof :: High-proof (a.) Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits..

High-proof :: High-proof (a.) So as to stand any test.

Hip-roofed :: Hip-roofed (a.) Having a hip roof.

Mansard Roof :: Mansard roof () A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one..

Overproof :: Overproof (a.) Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol..

Pentroof :: Pentroof (n.) See Lean-to.

Plot-proof :: Plot-proof (a.) Secure against harm by plots.

Proof :: Proof (n.) Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial..

Proof :: Proof (n.) That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration..

Proof :: Proof (n.) The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies..

Proof :: Proof (n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.

Proof :: Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet..

Proof :: Proof (n.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5..

Proof :: Proof (v. t.) Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof..

Proof :: Proof (a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge..

Proof :: Proof (a.) Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof..

Proof :: Proof (a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.

Proof-arm :: Proof-arm (v. t.) To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself..

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