Search

serch, v. t. [searched (sereht), searching.] To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to inquire after, look for; to try to the test; to explore, examine, scrutinize, investigate, pry into. — v. i. To seek, look, make inquiry or exploration, hunt. — n. Act of, etc.; examination; inquiry; quest; pursuit. — Search'er, Search'-war'rant, n, (Law.) A warrant legally sued, authorizing persons to search houses, or places, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed. Sear-cloth, ser'kloth, n. A cloth to cover a sore; plaster.