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n 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.

Trial; proof. [Archaic] Shak.

Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

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.

Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.

Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. -- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.

A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement. I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.

Proof against fire; incombustible.

The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.

Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.

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

Secure against harm by plots. Shak.

The last proof for correction before sending to press.

mall 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.

lame 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.