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noun

Scrutiny n.

Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation. "They that have designed exactness and deep scrutiny have taken some one part of nature." "Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view And narrower scrutiny."

(Anc. Church) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.

(Canon Law) A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.

(Parliamentary Practice) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.

verb

Scrutiny v. t. To scrutinize. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Scrutiny'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scrutiny" Quotes from Famous Books

... After a careful scrutiny of the Hibernian advertisements, we are compelled to confess that we have not met with any blunders that more nearly resemble our notion of an Irish bull than one which, some years ago, appeared in our English papers. It was the title to an advertisement of a washing machine, in these ...

— Tales and Novels, Vol. IV • Maria Edgeworth

... youth, that had I been on the spot when Heselrigge, lifted his sword against the breast of Lady Wallace, I would have sheathed my sword in his. It was before then that I saw that matchless woman; and offended with my want of severity in the scrutiny I had made at Ellerslie for its chief. Heselrigge sent me back to Ayr. Arnuf quarreled with me there, on the same subject; and I immediately retired ...

— The Scottish Chiefs • Miss Jane Porter

... packing it away to be taken into the country, he found that "there was hardly a page which did not represent, in a handwriting of the time, some emendations in the pointing or in the text." He then subjected it to "a most careful scrutiny," and became convinced of the great value of its manuscript readings. He talked about it to his literary friends, and took it to a meeting of the Council of the Shakespeare Society, and to two or three meetings of the Society of Antiquaries, as we know by the reports of those ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 24, Oct. 1859 • Various

... with folded arms against the door which he had closed behind him. Distinction of form, distinction of the quiet face, distinction of white hair, so incongruous and yet, strangely enough, the last and stateliest touch of all—after a moment of startled scrutiny Drake leaned forward, keen eyes beneath shaggy brows, one hand tugging at his beard. "Who are you, sir?" ...

— Sir Mortimer • Mary Johnston

... returned carelessly, though quietly amused at the scrutiny of the little redskins. They were especially charmed by the glitter of gold mountings on ...

— That Girl Montana • Marah Ellis Ryan

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