proof : Idioms & Phrases

• a very early proof impression of an engraving, or the like; often distinguished by the artist's signature.

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Bead" proof`

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1. 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.
2. 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.

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Bul"let-proof` adjective

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1. Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.

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• noun the duty of proving a disputed charge
  

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• L. onus probandi (Law), the duty of proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure in the performance of which duty calls for judgment against the party on whom the duty is imposed.

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• impenetrable by cannon balls.

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• verb make safe against children
  childproof.
  
  • childproof the apartment

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• in engraving, a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the engraver to inspect the state of the plate.

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• noun a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building
  damp course.
  

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• an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an excessive quantity of errors.

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• noun a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made
  

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• noun a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages
  

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• verb proof against human misuse or error
  goofproof; foolproof.
  
  • foolproof this appliance

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High"-proof` adjective

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1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.
2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.

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• (Engraving), a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper.

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• adjective satellite (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders
  runproof; run-resistant.
  

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• noun proof of a logical theorem
  

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• noun proof of a mathematical theorem
  

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Plot"-proof` adjective

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1. Secure against harm by plots. Shak.

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• (Firearms), a charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength.

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• a coin which has been specially struck, to produce the finest specimen of its type. Usually such coins are double-struck from polished dies, and the raised features are sometimes frosted. They thus have sharper features and more mirror-like fields than production coins (i.e. those coins struck for circulation); they are considered by coin collectors as the most desirable specimens of each coin, and usually sell at a premium to their corresponding production coins.

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• . See under Impression.

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• (Engin.), the greatest load than can be applied to a piece, as a beam, column, etc., without straining the piece beyond the elastic limit.

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• one who reads, and marks correction in, proofs. See def. 5, above.

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• . See Proof, n., 5.

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• noun a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit
  

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• (Chem.), a strong distilled liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing not less than a standard amount of alcohol. In the United States "proof spirit is defined by law to be that mixture of alcohol and water which contains one half of its volume of alcohol, the alcohol when at a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit being of specific gravity 0.7939 referred to water at its maximum density as unity. Proof spirit has at 60° Fahrenheit a specific gravity of 0.93353, 100 parts by volume of the same consisting of 50 parts of absolute alcohol and 53.71 parts of water," the apparent excess of water being due to contraction of the liquids on mixture. In England proof spirit is defined by Act 58, George III., to be such as shall at a temperature of 51° Fahrenheit weigh exactly the ¹²⁄₁₃ part of an equal measure of distilled water. This contains 49.3 per cent by weight, or 57.09 by volume, of alcohol. Stronger spirits, as those of about 60, 70, and 80 per cent of alcohol, are sometimes called second, third, and fourth proof spirits respectively.

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• a straight-edge used by millers to test the flatness of a stone.

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• (Sugar Manuf.), a rod in the side of a vacuum pan, for testing the consistency of the sirup.

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• a passage of Scripture used to prove a doctrine.

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Proof`-arm" transitive verb

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1. To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. R. Beau. & Fl.

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Proof"-proof` adjective

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1. Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. "That might have shown to any one who was not proof-proof." Whateley.

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Shame"-proof` noun

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1. Shameless. Shak.

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Shot"-proof` adjective

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1. Impenetrable by shot.

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• a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished.

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