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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Stout'ness, n. p. 1303The condition of being stout; strength; robustness; bulkiness. Syn.—Strength; bulk; courage; force; valor; lustiness; brawniness; boldness; fortitude; stubbornness.Stōve, n. p. 1303A house or room artificially warmed; a hot-house for plants. [Obs.] Bacon. Woodward. 2. Especially, an apparatus, usually of iron, variously constructed, in which a fire is made for warming a room or…Stōve, v. t. p. 1303To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange-trees and myrtles. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. To heat as in a stove; as, to stove feathers. 3. (Naut.) To heat for the purpose of…Stōve, imp. p. 1303of stave. See STAVE.Stō'ver, n. p. 1303Fodder, and all kinds of provision for cattle. Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep. Shak. 2. Stubble; also, the second growth of clover. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.Stōw, v. t. p. 1303To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in a suitable place or position; as, to stow bags, bales, or casks in a ship’s hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. 2. To accumulate, or…Stōw'age, n. p. 1303The act or operation of placing in a suitable position; or the suitable disposition of several things together. 2. Room for the reception of things to be reposited. In every vessel, there is stowage…Strā'bism, n. p. 1303Strabismus.Stra-bĭs'mus, n. p. 1303(Med.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object; squinting; the act or habit of looking asquint.Stra-bŏt'o-my, n. p. 1304(Surg.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of the muscle, or muscles, that distort the eye-ball. Dunglison.Străd'dle, v. i. p. 1304To part the legs wide; to stand or walk with the legs far apart.Străd'dle, v. t. p. 1304To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.Străd'dle, n. p. 1304The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet further apart than usual. 2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.Strād'o-mĕt'rie-al, a. p. 1304Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads.Străg'gle, v. i. p. 1304To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. 2. To wander at large without any certain direction or object; to ramble. The wolf…Strāg'glēr, n. p. 1304One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course; one who rambles without any settled direction. 2. A vagabond; a wandering, shiftless fellow. 3. Something that shoots beyond the rest…Strāg'gling-ly, adv. p. 1304In a straggling manner.Strähl'steīn, n. p. 1304(Min.) Actinolite. See ACTINOLITE. Ure.Strāight, a. p. 1304Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line; a straight course; a straight piece of timber.Strāight, a. p. 1304Narrow; close; tight; as, a straight garment;—properly written strait. See STRAIT. 2. (Bot.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the…Strāight, adv. p. 1304Immediately; directly; in the shortest time. I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze. Addison.Strāight, v. t. p. 1304To straighten. [Rare.] The old gypsy set about arranging the dead body, composing its limbs, and straighting the arms by its side. W. Scott.Strāight'-arch, n. p. 1304(Arch.) A form of arch in which the intrados is straight, but with its joints drawn concentrically, as in a common arch. Brande.Strāight'-ēdge, n. p. 1304A small board, or piece of metal, having one edge perfectly straight, used to ascertain whether a surface is exactly even.Strāight'en, v. t. p. 1304To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. 2. To reduce to difficulties or distress.Strāight'en, v. t. p. 1304To make narrow, tense, or close; to tighten; to straiten. See STRAITEN.Strāight'en-er, n. p. 1304One who, or that which straightens.Strāight'forth, adv. p. 1304Directly; henceforth; straightway. [Obs.]Strāight'for-ward, a. p. 1304Proceeding in a straight course; not deviating.Strāight'for-ward-ly, adv. p. 1304In a straight-forward manner.Strāight'for-ward-ness, n. p. 1304Direction in a straight course; undeviating rectitude.Strāight'-joint, a. p. 1304(Arch.) Having straight joints; — said of a floor, the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Prindle.Strāight'-lined, a. p. 1304Having straight lines.Strāight'ly, adv. p. 1304In a right line; not crookedly.Strāight'ly, adv. p. 1304Tightly; closely; straitly. See STRAITLY.Strāight'ness, n. p. 1304The quality or state of being straight; rectitude.Strāight'ness, n. p. 1304Narrowness; tension; tightness; straitness.Strāight'-pight, a. p. 1304Straight in form or upright in position; erect. [Obs.] Shak.Strāight'wāy, adv. p. 1304Immediately; without loss of time; without delay. He took the damsel by the hand, and said to her, Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose. Mark v. 41, 42.Strāight'wāys, adv. p. 1304Straightway. [Obs.]Strāik, n. p. 1304The same as STRAKE, q. v.Strāin, v. t. p. 1304To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of an instrument. 2. To put to the utmost strength; to exert to…Strāin, v. i. p. 1304To make violent efforts. “Straining with too weak a wing.” Pope. To build his fortune I will strain a little. Shak. 2. To be filtered; as, water straining through sand becomes pure.Strāin, n. p. 1304A violent effort; undue or extreme tension, as of the limbs or muscles; over-exertion. “Whether any poet of our country since Shakespeare has exerted a greater variety of powers with less strain and…Strāin'a-ble, a. p. 1304Capable of being strained. [Obs.]Strāin'er, n. p. 1304One who strains. 2. That through which any liquid passes for purification; an instrument for filtration.Strāint, n. p. 1304The same as STRAIN, q. v. [Obs.] Spenser.Strait (strāt), a. p. 1304Narrow; close; not broad. Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matt. vii. 14. 2. Close; intimate; as, a strait degree of favor. [Rare.]…Strāit, n. p. 1304(Geog.) A narrow pass or passage, either in a mountain or in the ocean, between continents or other portions of land; as, the straits of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the straits of Dover; —…Strāit, v. t. p. 1304To put to difficulties. [Obs.] Shak.Strāit'en, v. t. p. 1304To make strait; to narrow; to confine. “In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe.” Milton. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. Bacon. 2. To make tense or tight.…Strāit'-hănd'ed, a. p. 1304Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [Rare.]Strāit'-hănd'ed-ness, n. p. 1304The quality of being strait-handed; niggardliness; parsimony. [Rare.]Strāit'-jăck'et, n. p. 1304A strait-waistcoat.Strāit'-lāçed, a. p. 1304Bound tightly with stays. We have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. Locke. 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [Rare.] Fuller. 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.Strāit'ly, adv. p. 1304In a strait manner; narrowly; closely; strictly; rigorously; intimately.Strāit'ness, n. p. 1304The state or quality of being strait; narrowness; strictness; rigor; distress; difficulty; want; scarcity; as, the straitness of a place; straitness of mind; straitness of circumstances.Strāit'-wāist'cōat, n. p. 1304A dress, made of strong materials, used for restraining maniacs, or those laboring under violent delirium, and having long sleeves which are tied behind the back, so that the arms can not be…Strāke, imp. p. 1304of strike. [Obs.] See STRIKE.Strāke, n. p. 1304A streak. [Obs.] 2. A narrow board. [Obs.] 3. An iron band by which the felloes of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but in separate pieces. 4. (Ship-building.)…