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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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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.Strap-pā'do, v. t. p. 1305To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton.Strāp'per, n. p. 1305One who uses a strap. 2. Something unusually large; a person of uncommon size. [Low.]Străp'ping, a. p. 1305Tall; lusty; as, a strapping fellow.Sträp'ple, v. t. p. 1305To hold or bind as with a strap; to entangle. [Obs.] And the reins Strappled his fellows. Chapman.Străp'-shāped, a. p. 1305(Bot.) Shaped like a strap; ligulate.Strāp'-work, n. p. 1305(Arch.) A peculiar kind of ornament adopted in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (especially in Flanders and Germany), as a general decorative enrichment, and which consisted of a narrow fillet…Strāss, n. p. 1305A colorless glass, which is the base of all artificial gems, and consists chiefly of silex, potash, borax, and oxide of lead. Ure.Strā'tā, n. p. 1305pl. of stratum. See STRATUM.Străt'a-gem, n. p. 1305An artifice, particularly in war; a plan or scheme for deceiving an enemy. 2. A trick by which some advantage is intended to be obtained; any artifice. Those oft are stratagems which errors seem.…Străt'a-gĕm'ĭc-al, a. p. 1305Containing stratagem or artifice. [Rare.]Străt'a-rĭth'me-try, n. p. 1305The 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.Străt/e-gĕt'ics, n. sing. p. 1305(Mil.) The science of military movement; generalship. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Stra-tē′/ǧie or Stra-tē′/ǧie-al, a. p. 1305Pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. Strategic line, a line joining strategic points. — Strategic point, any point or region in the theater of warlike operations which affords to its…Stra-tē'ġi-cal-ly, adv. p. 1305In a strategic manner.Străt'e-ǧist, n. p. 1305One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.Stra-tē'gus, n. p. 1305An Athenian general officer.Străt'e-gy, n. p. 1305The science of military command, or the science of directing great military movements; generalship.Străth, n. p. 1305A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs. [Scot.]Străth'spey, n. p. 1305A lively dance of the Scotch. 2. A lively tune, written usually in common time, originally used in the dance so called. Moore.Străt'-i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1305The state of being formed into layers in the earth. 2. The act of laying in strata. 3. The process of being arranged in strata or layers.Străt'ĭ-fōrm, a. p. 1305Having the form of strata.