1. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
STRANGURIOUSStran*gu"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. stranguriosus.] (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to strangury. Cheyne.
STRANGURY Stran"gu*ry, n. Etym: [L. stranguria, Gr. strangurie. See Strangle, and Urine.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.
STRANYStra"ny, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
STRAP Strap, n. Etym: [OE. strope, AS. stropp, L. stroppus, struppus, perhaps fr. Gr. Strophe). Cf. Strop a strap, a piece of rope.]
1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. A lively cobbler that . . . had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap. Addison.
2. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.
3. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
4. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. Specifically: — (a) (Carp. & Mach.)
Defn: A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. (b) (Naut.)
Defn: A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
5. (Bot.) (a) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy. (b) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
6. A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder. Strap bolt, a bolt of which one end is a flat bar of considerable length. — Strap head (Mach.), a journal box, or pair of brasses, secured to the end of a connecting rod by a strap. See Illust. of Gib and key, under Gib. — Strap hinge, a hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall. — Strap rail (Railroads), a flat rail formerly used.
STRAPStrap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Strapping.]
1. To beat or chastise with a strap.
2. To fasten or bind with a strap. Cowper.
3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
STRAPPADO Strap*pa"do, n.; pl. Strappadoes. Etym: [It. strappata a pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. G. strapfen: cf. G. straff tense, stretched.]
Defn: A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak.
STRAPPADOStrap*pa"do, v. t.
Defn: To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton.
STRAPPERStrap"per, n.
1. One who uses strap.
2. A person or thing of uncommon size. [Colloq.]
STRAPPINGStrap"ping, a.
Defn: Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. [Colloq.]There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. Farquhar.
STRAPPLEStrap"ple, v. t.
Defn: To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle. [Obs.]Chapman.
STRAP-SHAPEDStrap"-shaped`, a.
Defn: Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
STRAPWORKStrap"work`, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.
STRASSStrass, n. Etym: [So called from its inventor, a German jeweler: cf.F. stras.] (Chem.)
Defn: A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.
STRATAStra"ta, n.,
Defn: pl. of Stratum.
STRATAGEM Strat"a*gem, n. Etym: [F. stratagème (cf. Sp. estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. Stratum) + Agent.]
Defn: An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak. Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope.
STRATAGEMICALStrat`a*gem"ic*al, a.
Defn: Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle. [R.] Swift.
STRATARITHMETRYStrat`a*rith"me*try, n. Etym: [Gr. -metry.] (Mil.)
Defn: The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure.
STRATEGETIC; STRATEGETICALStrat`e*get"ic, Strat`e*get"ic*al, a.
Defn: Strategic.
STRATEGETICSStrat`e*get"ics, n.
Defn: Strategy.
STRATEGIC; STRATEGICALStra*te"gic, Stra*te"gic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. stratégique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. — Stra*te"gic*al*ly, adv. Strategic line (Mil.), a line joining strategic points. — Strategic point (Mil.), any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc.
STRATEGICSStra*te"gics, n.
Defn: Strategy.
STRATEGISTStrat"e*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stratégiste.]
Defn: One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.
STRATEGUSStra*te"gus, n.; pl. Strategi. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Stratagem.] (Gr.Antiq.)
Defn: The leader or commander of an army; a general.
STRATEGYStrat"e*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. stratégie. See Stratagem.]
1. The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.
2. The use of stratagem or artifice.
STRATHStrath, n. Etym: [Gael. srath.]
Defn: A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; — often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore. [Scot.] The long green strath of Napa valley. R. L. Stevenson.
STRATHSPEYStrath"spey`, n. Etym: [So called from the district of Strath Spey inScotland.]
Defn: A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune.
STRATICULATEStra*tic"u*late, a. Etym: [Dim. Fr. stratum.] (Min.)
Defn: Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate.
STRATIFICATIONStrat`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stratification.]
1. The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.
STRATIFIEDStrat"i*fied, a.
Defn: Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock.
STRATIFORMStrat"i*form, a.
Defn: Having the form of strata.
STRATIFYStrat"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stratified; p. pr. & vb. n.Stratifying.] Etym: [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.]
Defn: To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.
STRATIGRAPHIC; STRATIGRAPHICALStrat`i*graph"ic, Strat`i*graph"ic*al, a. (Geol.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence. — Strat`i*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
STRATIGRAPHIC; STRATIGRAPHICALStrat`i*graph"ic, -ic*al, a. (Mil.)
Defn: See Stratographic.
STRATIGRAPHYStra*tig"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Stratum + -graphy.]
Defn: That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
STRATO-CIRRUSStra`to-cir"rus, n. [Stratus + cirrus.] (Meteor.)
Defn: An alto-stratus cloud.
STRATOCRACY Stra*toc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -cracy, as in democracy: cf. F. stratocratie.]
Defn: A military government; government by military chiefs and an army.
STRATO-CUMULUSStra`to-cu"mu*lus, n. [Stratus + cumulus.] (Meteor.)
Defn: Large balls or rolls of dark cloud which frequently cover the whole sky, esp. in winter, and give it at times an undulated appearance.
STRATOGRAPHIC; STRATOGRAPHICALStrat`o*graph"ic, Strat`o*graph"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to stratography.
STRATOGRAPHYStra*tog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]
Defn: A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army.
STRATONICStra*ton"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to an army. [R.]
STRATOTICStra*tot"ic, a.
Defn: Warlike; military. [R.]
STRATUMStra"tum, n.; pl. E. Stratums, L. Strata. The latter is more common.Etym: [L., from sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to Gr. Strew, andcf. Consternation, Estrade, Prostrate, Stratus, Street.]
1. (Geol.)
Defn: A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.
2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course.
STRATUS Stra"tus, n. Etym: [L. stratus a spreading out, scattering, from sternere, stratum, to spread.] (Meteor.)
Defn: A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.
STRAUGHTStraught, obs.
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
STRAUGHTStraught, v. t.
Defn: To stretch; to make straight. [Written also straucht.] [Scot.]Sir W. Scott.
STRAWStraw, v. t.
Defn: To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. Chaucer.
STRAWStraw, n. Etym: [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. streáw, from the root ofE. strew; akin to OFries. stre, D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. stro, Icel.stra, Dan. straa, Sw. strå. *166. See Strew.]
1. A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
2. The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
3. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle. I set not a straw by thy dreamings. Chaucer.
Note: Straw is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, straw-built, straw-crowned, straw-roofed, straw- stuffed, and the like. Man of straw, an effigy formed by stuffing the garments of a man with straw; hence, a fictitious person; an irresponsible person; a puppet.set up a straw man; — used in disputation. Typically, one party accuses an opponent of setting up a straw man, meaning that the opponent is distorting his true opinion in order to make it look absurd. — Straw bail, worthless bail, as being given by irresponsible persons. [Colloq. U.S.] — Straw bid, a worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill. [Colloq. U.S.] — Straw cat (Zoöl.), the pampas cat. — Straw color, the color of dry straw, being a delicate yellow. — Straw drain, a drain filled with straw. — Straw plait, or Straw plat, a strip formed by plaiting straws, used for making hats, bonnets, etc. — To be in the straw, to be brought to bed, as a pregnant woman. [Slang]
STRAWBERRYStraw"ber*ry, n. Etym: [AS. streáwberige; streáw straw + berie berry;perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.](Bot.)
Defn: A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species. Strawberry bass. (Zoöl.) See Calico bass, under Calico. — Strawberry blite. (Bot.) See under Blite. — Strawberry borer (Zoöl.), any one of several species of insects whose larvæ burrow in the crown or roots of the strawberry vine. Especially: (a) The root borer (Anarsia lineatella), a very small dark gray moth whose larvæ burrow both in the larger roots and crown, often doing great damage. (b) The crown borer (Tyloderma fragariæ), a small brown weevil whose larva burrows in the crown and kills the plant. — Strawberry bush (Bot.), an American shrub (Euonymus Americanus), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril. — Strawberry crab (Zoöl.), a small European spider crab (Eurynome aspera); — so called because the back is covered with pink tubercles. — Strawberry fish (Zoöl.), the amadavat. — Strawberry geranium (Bot.), a kind of saxifrage (Saxifraga sarmentosa) having reniform leaves, and producing long runners like those of the strawberry. — Strawberry leaf. (a) The leaf of the strawberry. (b) The symbol of the rank or estate of a duke, because the ducal coronet is twined with strawberry leaves. "The strawberry leaves on her chariot panels are engraved on her ladyship's heart." Thackeray. — Strawberry-leaf roller (Zoöl.), any one of several species of moths whose larvæ roll up, and feed upon, the leaves of the strawberry vine; especially, Phoxopteris fragariæ, and Eccopsis permundana. — Strawberry moth (Zoöl.), any one of several species of moth whose larvæ feed on the strawberry vines; as: (a) The smeared dagger (Apatela oblinita), whose large hairy larva is velvety black with two rows of bright yellow spots on each side. (b) A geometrid (Angerona crocataria) which is yellow with dusky spots on the wings. Called also currant moth. — Strawberry pear (Bot.), the red ovoid fruit of a West Indian plant of the genus Cereus (C. triangularia). It has a sweetish flavor, and is slightly acid, pleasant, and cooling. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. — Strawberry sawfly (Zoöl.), a small black sawfly (Emphytus maculatus) whose larva eats the leaves of the strawberry vine. — Strawberry tomato. (Bot.) See Alkekengi. — Strawberry tree. (Bot.) See Arbutus. — Strawberry vine (Bot.), the plant which yields the strawberry. — Strawberry worm (Zoöl.), the larva of any moth which feeds on the strawberry vine.
STRAWBOARDStraw"board`, n.
Defn: Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
STRAW-COLOREDStraw"-col`ored, a.
Defn: Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
STRAW-CUTTERStraw"-cut`ter, n.
Defn: An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
STRAWEDStrawed,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Straw. [Obs.]
STRAWWORMStraw"worm`, n.
Defn: A caddice worm.
STRAWYStraw"y, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak.
STRAYStray, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Strayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Straying.] Etym:[OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj., stray, fr. (assumed) L.stratarius roving the streets, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved road.See Street, and Stray, a.]
1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. Denham.
2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray. Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray. Shak. A sheep doth very often stray. Shak.
3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; toerr.We have erred and strayed from thy ways.While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.Cowper.
Syn.— To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.
STRAYStray, v. t.
Defn: To cause to stray. [Obs.] Shak.
STRAY Stray, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. estraié, p.p. of estraier. See Stray, v. i., and cf. Astray, Estray.]
Defn: Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. Stray line (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned. — Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the stray line.
STRAYStray, n.
1. Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively. Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray. Dryden.
2. The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] Shak.
STRAYERStray"er, n.
Defn: One who strays; a wanderer.
STREStre, n.
Defn: Straw. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STREAKStreak, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Stretch, Streek.]
Defn: To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
STREAK Streak, n. Etym: [OE. streke; akin to D. streek a line, stroke, G. strich, AS. strica, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, Goth. stricks, and E. strike, stroke. See Strike, Stroke, n., and cf. Strake.]
1. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein. What mean those colored streaks in heaven Milton.
2. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: A strake.
3. (Min.)
Defn: The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
STREAKStreak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Streaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Streaking.]
1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors. A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. Sandys. Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. Prior.
2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
STREAKEDStreaked, a.
1. Marked or variegated with stripes.
2. Uncomfortable; out of sorts. [Local, U.S.]
STREAKYStreak"y, a.
Defn: Same as Streaked, 1. "The streaky west." Cowper.
STREAMStream, n. Etym: [AS. streám; akin to OFries. stram, OS. strom, D.stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str, Dan. & Sw. ström, Icel. straumr,Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. sru. *174. Cf. Catarrh,Diarrhea, Rheum, Rhythm.]
1. A current water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
2. A beam or ray of light. "Sun streams." Chaucer.
3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. "The stream of beneficence." Atterbury. "The stream of emigration." Macaulay.
4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. "The very stream of his life." Shak.
5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. Gulf stream. See under Gulf. — Stream anchor, Stream cable. (Naut.) See under Anchor, and Cable. — Stream ice, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. — Stream tin, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; — so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. — Stream works (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. Ure. — To float with the stream, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it.
Syn. — Current; flow; rush; tide; course. — Stream, Current. These words are often properly interchangeable; but stream is the broader word, denoting a prevailing onward course. The stream of the Mississippi rolls steadily on to the Gulf of Mexico, but there are reflex currents in it which run for a while in a contrary direction.
STREAMStream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Streamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Streaming.]
1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. Milton.
2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. A thousand suns will stream on thee. Tennyson.
3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
STREAMStream, v. t.
Defn: To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of grace into my withered heart. Spenser.
2. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts. The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. Bacon.
3. To unfurl. Shak. To stream the buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.
STREAM CLOCKStream clock. (Physiol.)
Defn: An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel.
STREAMERStream"er, n.
1. An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag. Brave Rupert from afar appears, Whose waving streamers the glad general knows. Dryden.
3. A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. Macaulay. While overhead the North's dumb streamers shoot. Lowell.
3. (Mining)
Defn: A searcher for stream tin.
STREAMFULStream"ful, a.
Defn: Abounding in streams, or in water. "The streamful tide."Drayton.
STREAM GOLDStream gold. (Mining)
Defn: Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold.
STREAMINESSStream"i*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being streamy; a trailing. R. A. Proctor.
STREAMINGStream"ing, a.
Defn: Sending forth streams.
STREAMINGStream"ing, n.
1. The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.
2. (Mining)
Defn: The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.
STREAMLESSStream"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel.
STREAMLETStream"let, n.
Defn: A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.
STREAM LINEStream line.
Defn: The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluid undisturbed by eddies or the like.
STREAMLINEStream"line`, a.
Defn: Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow that is free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline; hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as to afford an unbroken flow of a fluid about it, esp. when the resistance to flow is the least possible; as, a streamline body for an automobile or airship.
STREAM WHEELStream wheel.
Defn: A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a current wheel.
STREAMYStream"y, a.
1. Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful. Arcadia However streamy now, adust and dry, Denied the goddess water. Prior.
2. Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream. His nodding helm emits a streamy ray. Pope.
STREEStree, n.
Defn: Straw. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STREEKStreek, v. t.
Defn: To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
STREELStreel, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Stroll.]
Defn: To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
STREENStreen, n.
Defn: See Strene. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STREET Street, n. Etym: [OE. strete, AS. str, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p.p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See Strew, and cf. Stratum, Stray, v. & a.]
Defn: Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; nowcommonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellingsor business houses.He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field.Coverdale.At home or through the high street passing. Milton.
Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. His deserted mansion in Duke Street. Macaulay. The street (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. — Street Arab, Street broker, etc. See under Arab, Broker, etc. — Street door, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street.
Syn.— See Way.
STREETWALKERStreet"walk`er, n.
Defn: A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
STREETWARDStreet"ward`, n.
Defn: An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [Obs.]Cowell.
STREETWARDStreet"ward, a.
Defn: Facing toward the street.Their little streetward sitting room. Tennyson.
STREIGHTStreight, a., n., & adv.
Defn: See 2nd Strait. [Obs.]
STREIGHTENStreight"en, v. t.
Defn: See Straiten. [Obs.]
STREINStrein, v. t.
Defn: To strain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STREITStreit, a. Etym: [See Stretch.]
Defn: Drawn. [Obs.]Pyrrhus with his streite sword. Chaucer.
STREITStreit, a.
Defn: Close; narrow; strict. [Obs.] See Strait.
STREITEStreite, adv.
Defn: Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [Obs.]
STRELITZStrel"itz, n.sing. & pl. Etym: [Russ. strieliéts' a shooter, archer.]
Defn: A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.
STRELITZIAStre*litz"i*a, n. Etym: [NL., named after Charlotte, Princess ofMecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of Great Britain.](Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.
STRENE Strene, n. Etym: [OE. stren, streen, streon, AS. gestriénan, gestr, gestreónan, to beget, to obtain, gestreón gain, wealth; akin to OHG. striunan to gain. Cf. Strian race, family.]
Defn: Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STRENGER; STRENGESTStren"ger, Stren"gest
Defn: , the original compar. & superl. of Strong. [Obs.]Two of us shall strenger be than one. Chaucer.
STRENGTHStrength, n. Etym: [OE. strengthe, AS. streng, fr. strang strong. SeeStrong.]
1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment. All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were. Chaucer. Thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty. Milton.
2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; — in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like. "The brittle strength of bones." Milton.
3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. "Our castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn." Shak.
4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.
5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security. God is our refuge and strength. Ps. xlvi. 1. What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be one of our principal strengths. Sprat. Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation. Jer. Taylor.
6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea
7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; — said ofliterary work.And praise the easy vigor of a life Where Denham's strength andWaller's sweetness join. Pope.
8. Intensity; — said of light or color. Bright Phoebus in his strength. Shak.
9. Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; — said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
10. A strong place; a stronghold. [Obs.] Shak. On, or Upon, the strength of, in reliance upon. "The allies, after a successful summer, are too apt, upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for the ensuing campaign." Addison.
Syn.— Force; robustness; toughness; hardness; stoutness; brawniness;lustiness; firmness; puissance; support; spirit; validity; authority.See Force.
STRENGTHStrength, v. t.
Defn: To strengthen. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STRENGTHENStrength"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strengthened; p. pr. & vb. n.Strengthening.]
1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. Shak.
2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. Deut. iii. 28.
Syn.— To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage.
STRENGTHENStrength"en, v. i.
Defn: To grow strong or stronger. The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. Pope.
STRENGTHENERStrength"en*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple.
STRENGTHENINGStrength"en*ing, a.
Defn: That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. — Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.
STRENGTHFULStrength"ful, a.
Defn: Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong.— Strength"ful*ness, n.Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful.Marston.
STRENGTHINGStrength"ing, n.
Defn: A stronghold. [Obs.]
STRENGTHLESSStrength"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of strength. Boyle.
STRENGTHNERStrength"ner, n.
Defn: See Strengthener.
STRENGTHYStrength"y, a.
Defn: Having strength; strong. [Obs.]
STRENUITYStre*nu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. strenuatis.]
Defn: Strenuousness; activity. [Obs.] Chapman.
STRENUOUSStren"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. strenuus; cf. Gr.
Defn: Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor. — Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. — Stren"u*ous*ness, n.
STREPENTStrep"ent, a. Etym: [L. strepens, p.pr. of strepere to make a noise.]
Defn: Noisy; loud. [R.] Shenstone.
STREPEROUS Strep"er*ous, a. Etym: [LL. streperus, fr. L. strepere. See Strepent, and cf. Obstreperous.]
Defn: Loud; boisterous. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
STREPITORESStrep`i*to"res, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. strepitus clamor.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs.
STREPSIPTER; STREPSIPTERANStrep*sip"ter, Strep*sip"ter*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Strepsiptera.
STREPSIPTERAStrep*sip"te*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; — called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.
STREPSIPTEROUSStrep*sip"ter*ous, a. Etym: [See Strepsiptera.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to Strepsiptera.
STREPSORHINAStrep`so*rhi"na, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Lemuroidea.
STREPSORHINEStrep"so*rhine, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having twisted nostrils; — said of the lemurs.— n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey.
STREPTOBACTERIA Strep`to*bac*te"ri*a, n. pl.; sing. Streptobracterium (. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. bacteria.] (Biol.)
Defn: A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.
STREPTOCOCCUSStrep`to*coc"cus, n.; pl. Streptococci. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.
STREPTONEURAStrep`to*neu"ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.
STREPTOTHRIXStrep"to*thrix, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
STRESSStress, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier topress, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus. SeeDistress.]
1. Distress. [Obs.] Sad hersal of his heavy stress. Spenser.
2. Pressure, strain; — used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance. The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise, yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their strength. Locke. A body may as well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream. L'Estrange.
3. (Mech. & Physics)
Defn: The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress. Rankine. Stress is the mutual action between portions of matter. Clerk Maxwell.
4. (Pron.)
Defn: Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 31-35.
5. (Scots Law)
Defn: Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.Stress of voice, unusual exertion of the voice.— Stress of weather, constraint imposed by continued bad weather;as, to be driven back to port by stress of weather.— To lay stress upon, to attach great importance to; to emphasize."Consider how great a stress is laid upon this duty." Atterbury.— To put stress upon, or To put to a stress, to strain.
STRESSStress, v. t.
1. To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties. [R.] Spenser.
2. To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
STRESSFULStress"ful, a.
Defn: Having much stress. Rush.
STRETCH Stretch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stretched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stretching.] Etym: [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. sträcka, Dan. strække; cf. AS. stræck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. Straight.]
1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. Chaucer. I in conquest stretched mine arm. Shak.
2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. Shak.
5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. Doddridge.
6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; tostretch one's credit.They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative.Burke.
STRETCHStretch, v. i.
1. To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles. As far as stretcheth any ground. Gower.
2. To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
3. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances. The inner membrane . . . because it would stretch and yield, remained umbroken. Boyle.
4. To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts. [Obs. or Colloq.]
5. (Naut.)
Defn: To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Stretch out, an order to rowers to extend themselves forward in dipping the oar.
STRETCHStretch, n.
1. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination. By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain. Dryden. Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative. L'Estrange.
2. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land. A great stretch of cultivated country. W. Black. But all of them left me a week at a stretch. E. Eggleston.
3. The extent to which anything may be stretched.Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more than thatLuther lay under severe agonies of mind. Atterbury.This is the utmost stretch that nature can. Granville.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. To be on the stretch, to be obliged to use one's utmost powers. — Home stretch. See under Home, a.
STRETCHERStretch"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, stretches.
2. (Masonry)
Defn: A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall. Gwilt.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: A piece of timber used in building.
4. (Naut.) (a) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet. (b) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped. Dana.
5. A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.
6. An overstretching of the truth; a lie. [Slang]
7. One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
8. An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
9. The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.
STRETCHINGStretch"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Stretch, v. Stretching course (Masonry), a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton.
STRETTO Stret"to, n. Etym: [It., close or contacted, pressed.] (Mus.) (a) The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue. (b) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time. [Written also stretta.]
STREW Strew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strewed; p. p. strewn; p. pr. & vb. n. Strewing.] Etym: [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, streówian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. stra, Sw. strö, Dan. ströe, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. st. *166. Cf. Stratum, Straw, Street.]
1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; — used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave. And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. Dryden. On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. Beaconsfield.
2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain Pope.
3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. She may strew dangerous conjectures. Shak.
STREWINGStrew"ing, n.
1. The act of scattering or spreading.
2. Anything that is, or may be, strewed; — used chiefly in the plural. Shak.
STREWMENTStrew"ment, n.
Defn: Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration. [Obs.] Shak.
STREWNStrewn,
Defn: p. p. of Strew.
STRIAStri"a, n.; pl. Striæ. Etym: [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.]
1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striæ, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striæ on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.Oxf. Gloss.
STRIATEStri"ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Striated; p. pr. & vb. n. Striating.]Etym: [See Striate, a.]
Defn: To mark with striaæ. "Striated longitudinally." Owen.
STRIATE; STRIATED Stri"ate, Stri"a*ted, a. Etym: [L. striatus, p.p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.]
Defn: Marked with striaæ, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.
STRIATIONStri*a"tion, n.
1. The quality or condition of being striated.
2. A stria; as, the striations on a shell.
STRIATUMStri*a"tum, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)
Defn: The corpus striatum.
STRIATUREStri"a*ture, n. Etym: [L. striatura.]
Defn: A stria.
STRICHStrich, n. Etym: [Cf. L. strix, strigs, a streech owl.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An owl. [Obs.] Spenser.
STRICKStrick, n.
Defn: A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.Knight.
STRICKENStrick"en, p. p. & a. from Strike.
1. Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.
Note: [See Strike, n.]
2. Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21. Abraham was old and well stricken in age. Gen. xxiv. 1.
3. Whole; entire; — said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock. [Scot.] He persevered for a stricken hour in such a torrent of unnecessary tattle. Sir W. Scott. Speeches are spoken by the stricken hour, day after day, week, perhaps, after week. Bayne.
STRICKLEStric"kle, n. Etym: [See Strike.]
1. An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.
2. An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.
3. (Founding)
Defn: An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
4. (Carp. & Mason.)
Defn: A templet; a pattern.
5. An instrument used in dressing flax. [Prov. Eng.]
STRICKLERStric"kler, n.
Defn: See Strickle.
STRICKLESSStrick"less, n.
Defn: See Strickle. [Prov. Eng.]
STRICT Strict, a. [Compar. Stricter; superl. Strictest.] Etym: [L. strictus, p.p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See Strain, and cf. Strait, a.]
1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden.
2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. Shak. It shall be still in strictest measure. Milton.
4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. "Through the strict senteries." Milton.
5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
6. (Bot.)
Defn: Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Syn. — Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe. — Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a principle or code by which he is bound; severe is strict with an implication often, but not always, of harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed to gentle. And rules as strict his labored work confine, As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line. Pope. Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: -"What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!" Milton. The Strict Observance, or Friars of the Strict Observance. (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.
STRICTIONStric"tion, n. Etym: [L. strictio. See Stringent.]
Defn: The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted. Line of striction (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeeding generator.
STRICTLYStrict"ly, adv.
Defn: In a strict manner; closely; precisely.
STRICTNESSStrict"ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being strict.
STRICTURE Stric"ture, n. Etym: [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See Strict.]
1. Strictness. [Obs.] A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak.
2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure. [I have] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage. Hammond.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf.Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, andSpasmodic. Arbuthnot.
STRICTUREDStric"tured, a. (Med.)
Defn: Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
STRIDStrid, n. Etym: [See Stride.]
Defn: A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride. [Prov. Eng.] Howitt. This striding place is called the Strid. Wordsworth.
STRIDE Stride, v. t. [imp. Strode (Obs. Strid (); p. p. Stridden (Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.] Etym: [AS. stridan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. strida to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. stritan; of uncertain origin. Cf. Straddle.]
1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. Dryden.
2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
STRIDEStride, v. t.
1. To pass over at a step; to step over. "A debtor that not dares to stride a limit." Shak.
2. To straddle; to bestride. I mean to stride your steed. Shak.
STRIDEStride, n.
Defn: The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. Pope. God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom. Cowper.
STRIDENT Stri"dent, a. Etym: [L. stridens, -entis, p.pr. of stridere to make a grating or creaking noise.]
Defn: Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray.
STRIDOR Stri"dor, n. Etym: [L., from stridere to make any harsh, grating, or creaking sound.]
Defn: A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise. Dryden.
STRIDULATEStrid"u*late, v. t. Etym: [See Stridulous.]
Defn: To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zoöl.),
Defn: to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.
STRIDULATIONStrid`u*la"tion, n.
Defn: The act of stridulating. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. (b) The noise itself.
Note: The crickets stridulate by rubbing together the strong nervures of the fore wings. Many grasshoppers stridulate by rubbing the hind legs across strong nervures on the fore wings. The green grasshoppers and katydids stridulate by means of special organs at the base of the fore wings.
STRIDULATORStrid"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: That which stridulates. Darwin.
STRIDULATORYStrid"u*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation. Darwin.
STRIDULOUSStrid"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. stridulus. See Strident.]
Defn: Making a shrill, creaking sound. Sir T. Browne. The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart. Longfellow. Stridulous laryngitis (Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspnoea, occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or stridulous breathing.
STRIFEStrife, n. Etym: [OF. estrif. See Strive.]
1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] Shak.
2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. 1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended — noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life. Congreve.
3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Twenty of them fought in this black strife. Shak. These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. Dryden.
4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser.
Syn.— Contest; struggle; quarrel. See Contention.
STRIFEFULStrife"ful, a.
Defn: Contentious; discordant.The ape was strifeful and ambitious. Spenser.
STRIGATEStri"gate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having transverse bands of color.
STRIGESStri"ges, n. pl. Etym: [L., pl. of strix a streech owl; cf. Gr.(Zoöl.)
Defn: The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.
STRIGILStrig"il, n. Etym: [L. strigilis, from stringere to graze, scrape.](Gr. & Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.
STRIGILLOSEStrig"il*lose`, a. Etym: [Dim. fr. strigose.] (Bot.)
Defn: Set with stiff, slender bristles.
STRIGINEStri"gine, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.
STRIGMENTStrig"ment, n. Etym: [L. strigmentum.]
Defn: Scraping; that which is scraped off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
STRIGOSEStri*gose", a. Etym: [Cf. F. strigueux. See Strigil.] (Bot.)
Defn: Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf.
STRIGOUSStri"gous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Strigose. [R.]
STRIKE Strike, v. t. [imp. Struck; p. p. Struck, Stricken ( (Stroock (, Strucken (, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Striking. Struck is more commonly used in the p.p. than stricken.] Etym: [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS. strican to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub, stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. strihhan, L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a row, a furrow. Cf. Streak, Stroke.]
1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile. He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. Shak.
2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to;to dash; to cast.They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts. Ex.xii. 7.Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow. Byron.
4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
6. To punish; to afflict; to smite. To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity. Prov. xvii. 26.
7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror. Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view. Atterbury. They please as beauties, here as wonders strike. Pope.