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pried

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pried 1  (prd)
v.
Past tense and past participle of pry1.

pried 2  (prd)
v.
Past tense and past participle of pry2.


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Its jaws were pried apart to their greatest extension, and a stout stake, sharpened at both ends, was so inserted that when the pries were removed the spread jaws were fixed upon it.
They pried off the lid with their shovels, got out the body and dumped it rudely on the ground.
And for the rest of the voyage they could hardly be pried apart, so infatuated did they become with discussing their plans.
 
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