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Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborius or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries. Macaulay.

One who researches.

Making researches; inquisitive. [R.] Coleridge.

Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.

A bearing containing friction rollers.

A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. [Eng.] Nares.

pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.

The white bear.

A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.

Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone.

A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.

the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively. I'm seared with burning steel. Rowe. It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience. Macaulay. The discipline of war, being a discipline…

- applied to leaves. Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.

A fine sieve. [Obs.]

A searce, or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.

ok over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. "Search the Scriptures." John v. 39. They are come to search the house. Shak. Search me, O God, and know my heart. Ps. cxxxix. 23.

Capable of being searched.

Quality of being searchable.

One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically:

Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. "Piercing, searching, biting, cold." Dickens. -- Search"ing*ly, adv. -- Search"ing*ness, n.