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Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.

See Lean-to.

Secure against harm by plots. Shak.

The last proof for correction before sending to press.

act of testing; a test; a trial. For whatsoever mother wit or art Could work, he put in proof. Spenser. You shall have many proofs to show your skill. Ford. Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof. Ure.

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

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

Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. Boyle. -- Proof"less*ly, adv.

all design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.

ame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope.

The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.

Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. [Obs.] Bailey.

Shameless. Shak.

Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.

Impenetrable by shot.

Undiscoverable to sight. Hidden in their own sightproof bush. Lowell.

Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells.

Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm. [Poetic] Milton.

Impervious to the rays of the sun. "Darksome yew, sunproof." Marston.

Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.