Defn: Quality of being searchable.
SEARCHER
Search"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. cercheor inspector.]
Defn: One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: (a) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt. (b) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc. (c) An inspector of leather. [Prov. Eng.] (d) (Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities. (e) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier. (j) (Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
SEARCHING
Search"ing, a.
Defn: 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.
SEARCHLESS
Search"less, a.
Defn: Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.
SEARCHLIGHT Search"light`, n. (a) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. (b) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
SEARCLOTH
Sear"cloth`, n.
Defn: Cerecloth. Mortimer.