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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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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.)…Străm, v. i. p. 1304To spread out the limbs; to walk with long, ungraceful strides. [Low.] 2. To spring or recoil with violence. [Prov. Eng.]Străm, v. t. p. 1304To dash down violently; to beat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Străm'ash, v. t. p. 1304To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. [Prov. and vulgar Eng.]Străm'ash, n. p. 1304A turmoil; a broil. [Scot.]Străm'a-zoun, n. p. 1304A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. [Obs.]Stra-mĭn'e-oŭs, a. p. 1304Strawy; consisting of straw. Robinson. 2. Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. Burton.Stra-mō'ni-ŭm, n. p. 1304(Bot.) A plant (Datura stramonium) having rank leaves, and large trumpet-shaped flowers; — called also Jamestown weed, and thorn-apple. It has poisonous properties, and is used in medicine as a…Străm'o-ny̆, n. p. 1304(Bot.) Stramonium.Strănd, n. p. 1304The shore or beach of the sea or ocean, or of a large lake, and rarely of a navigable river. 2. One of the twists or parts of which a rope is composed.Strănd, v. t. p. 1304To drive or run aground on a shore or strand, as a ship. 2. To break one of the strands of, as a rope.Strănd, v. i. p. 1305To drift or be driven on shore; to run aground; as, a ship strands at high water.Strāng, a. p. 1305Strong. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Strānge, a. p. 1305Belonging to another country; foreign. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. Ascham. 2. Not domestic; belonging to other persons. So she, impatient her own faults to see…Strānge, v. t. p. 1305To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]Strānge, v. i. p. 1305To wonder; to be astonished. Glanville. 2. To be estranged or alienated.Strānge'ly, adv. p. 1305With some relation to foreigners; foreign-wise; in a foreign place; at or to a distance. I do in justice charge thee That thou commend it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or end it.…Strānge'ness, n. p. 1305The condition of being strange; foreignness. If I will obey the gospel, no distance of place, no strangeness of country, can make any man a stranger to me. Sprat. 2. Distance in behavior; reserve…Strān'ger, n. p. 1305One who is strange; as, (a.) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. Shak. (b.) One whose home is at a distance from the…Strān'ger, v. t. p. 1305To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.]Străng'gle, v. t. p. 1305To destroy the life of by stopping respiration; to suffocate; to choke. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe. 2. To hinder from birth or appearance; to suppress.Străn'gle, n. p. 1305The act of strangling; strangulation. [Obs.]Străn'gle-a-ble, a. p. 1305Capable of being strangled. [Rare.] Ld. Chesterfield.Strāṅ'gler, n. p. 1305One who strangles.Strāŋ'gles, n. p. 1305(Far.) A tumor or swelling in a horse's throat.Străn'gu-lā'ted, a. p. 1305(Surg.) Having the circulation stopped in any part by compression. 2. (Bot.) Contracted and expanded irregularly. Strangulated hernia, a hernia so compressed as to obstruct the circulation in the…Străn'gu-lā'tion, n. p. 1305The act of strangling; the act of destroying life by stopping respiration; suffocation. Wiseman. 2. (Med.) Inordinate compression or constriction, as of the throat in hysterics, or so as to cause a…Stran-gū'ri-oŭs, a. p. 1305Laboring under strangury; of the nature of strangury; denoting the pain of strangury. Cheyne.Străn’gu-ry, n. p. 1305(Med.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, from spasmodic muscular contraction. 2. (Bot.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.Strāp, n. p. 1305<br>1. A long, narrow slip of cloth, leather, or other material, of various forms and for various uses; as, the strap of a shoe or boot; straps for fastening trunks or other baggage, for stretching…Străp, v. t. p. 1305To beat or chastise with a strap. 2. To fasten or bind with a strap. 3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop, as a razor.Străp'-hĕad, n. p. 1305(Mach.) A journal-box formed at the end of a connecting-rod. [See Illust. of Cotter.]Strap-pā'do, n. p. 1305A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam, and letting him fall, by which means a limb was sometimes dislocated. Shak.