probe : Idioms & Phrases
Probe , ∨ Probe-pointed , scissors
(Surg.) , scissors used to open wounds, the blade of which, to be thrust into the orifice, has a button at the end.
Webster 1913
probe-pointed
Probe"-point`ed adjective
Definitions
(Surg.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.
Webster 1913
space probe
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noun a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation
