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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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Strēam'-īçe, n. p. 1306A continued ridge of pieces of ice, running in a particular direction. Simmonds.Strēam'let, n. p. 1306A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.Strēam'-tīn, n. p. 1306Particles or masses of tin-ore found in alluvial ground. Brande.Strēam'-works, n. pl. p. 1306(Cornish Mining.) Alluvial deposits of tin-ore, usually worked in the open air, by means of a stream of water. Ure.Strēam'y, a. p. 1306Abounding with streams or running water. Arcadia, However streamy now, adust and dry, Denied the goddess water. Prior. 2. Flowing with a current or stream. His nodding helm emits a streamy ray. Pope.Streek, v. t. p. 1306To lay out as a dead body; to streak. [Obs.] See STREAK.Street, n. p. 1306A paved way or road; a city road; hence, a main way, in distinction from a lane or alley. “At home or through the high streets passing.” Milton. Street-door, the door of a house or any building…Street'-walk'er, n. p. 1306A common prostitute who offers herself to sale in the streets.Street'-ward, n. p. 1306An officer having the care of the streets. [Written also stretward.] Cowell.Straight, n. p. 1306See STRAIT.Streight, adv. p. 1306“Strictly.” [Obs.] See STRAIT.Strĕl'itz, n. p. 1306A soldier of the ancient Muscovite militia.Stre-lĭt'zĭ-a, n. p. 1306(Bot.) A genus of plants found at the Cape of Good Hope, having rigid, glaucous leaves, and singularly irregular flowers of a yellow, blue, or white color. Baird.Strēne, n. p. 1306Race; offspring. [Obs.] Chaucer.Strength, n. p. 1306The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body, or of the arm…Strēngth, v. t. p. 1306To strengthen. [Obs.]Strength'en, v. t. p. 1306<br>1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to, either physical, legal, or moral: to confirm; to establish; as, to strengthen a limb; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen…Strèngth'en, v. i. p. 1307To grow strong or stronger. The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. Pope.Strèngth'en-er, n. p. 1307One who, or that which, increases strength, physical or moral. 2. (Med.) A medicine which increases vital energy and strength of action.Strĕngth'ful, a. p. 1307Abounding in strength; strong. Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful. Marston.Strĕngth'ful-ness, n. p. 1307The state or quality of being strengthful; great strength.Strĕngth'ing, n. p. 1307A stronghold; a fortification; a strength. [Obs.]Strèngth'less, a. p. 1307Wanting strength; destitute of power. “Two strengthless doves.” Shak. 2. Wanting spirit. [Rare.] Boyle.Strèngth'ly, a. p. 1307Having strength; strong. [Obs.]Stre-nu'i-ty, n. p. 1307The quality of being strenuous; urgency; activity; ardor; nimbleness. [Obs.]Strĕn'u-ous, a. p. 1307Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; bold; earnest; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous opposer of African slavery; a strenuous defender of his…Strĕn'ū-ous-ly, adv. p. 1307In a strenuous manner; ardently; boldly; vigorously; actively.Strĕn'ū-ous-ness, n. p. 1307The condition or quality of being strenuous; eagerness; earnestness; active zeal.Strĕp'ent, a. p. 1307Noisy; loud. [Rare.] Shenstone.Strĕp'er-ous, a. p. 1307Loud; boisterous. [Rare.]Streps-īp'ter, n. p. 1307(Entom.) One of an order of insects having the anterior wings quite rudimentary, and in the form of short, slender, twisted appendages, the posterior being large and membranous. They are mostly…Streps-íp'ter-ā, n. pl. p. 1307See STREPSIPTER.Streps-īp'ter-ōus, a. p. 1307(Entom.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the strepsiptera.Strĕp'so-rhĭnes, n. p. 1307See MONKEY.Strèss, n. p. 1307Distress. [Obs.] “Sad herself of his heavy stress.” Spenser. 2. That which bears with force or weight, or the force or weight itself; that which constrains, or has great power or importance…Strĕss, v. t. p. 1307To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties. [Rare.] Spenser.Strĕss'ful, a. p. 1307Having much stress; abounding in stress. Rush.Strĕtch, v. t. p. 1307To draw out; to extend, especially in length; as, to stretch a cord or rope. 2. To extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. 3. To reach out; to extend; to…Strĕtch, v. i. p. 1307To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both. 2. To be extended; to spread; as, a lake stretches over a hundred miles. 3. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking…Stretch, n. p. 1307Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain. “By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain.” Dryden. Those put lawful authority upon the stretch, to the abuse of…Stretch'er, n. p. 1307One who, or that which, stretches. 2. (Masonry.) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall. Gravitt. 3. A piece of timber in building. 4. (Naut.) (a.) A…Stretch'ing-cōurse, n. p. 1307(Arch.) A course or series of stretchers. Britton.Stretch'ing-piece, n. p. 1307(Arch.) See STRUT.Strēt'ward, n. p. 1307See STREETWARD.Strew, v. t. p. 1307To scatter; to spread by scattering;—always applied to dry substances 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. 2.…Strew'ing, n. p. 1307The act of scattering or spreading over. 2. Any thing fit to be strewed; litter, as for cattle;—used chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Shak.Strew'ment, n. p. 1307Any thing scattered in decoration. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Strī'ā, n. p. 1307(Nat. Hist.) A small channel, or thread-like line, in the surface of a shell, a crystal, or other object. 2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, and the like. Oxf. Gloss. 3.…Strī'āte, v. t. p. 1307To mark with grooves or channels. “Striated longitudinally.” R. Owen.Strī'ate or Strī'ā-ted, a. p. 1307Formed with small channels; finely channeled. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Streaked delicately with colored lines, or with very slender parallel groovings. 3. (Fine Arts.) Disposed in ornamental lines, either…Stri-ā'tion, n. p. 1307The state of being striated, or marked with fine parallel lines.Strī'a-tūre, n. p. 1307A stria, or channel of a striated surface. Dana.Strĭck, n. p. 1307A bird of ill omen. [Obs.] Spenser.Strĭck'en, p. p. p. 1307of strike, and p. a. 1. Struck; smitten; as, the stricken deer. See STRIKE. 2. Brought under influence or control; struck. When I first saw her I was presently stricken [with love]. Sidney. 3. Worn…Strĭck'le, n. p. 1307An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike. [Written also strickler, strickless, and strickle.] 2. An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle. 3. An instrument used in…Strick'ler, n. p. 1307See STRICKLE.Strĭck'less, n. p. 1307See STRICKLE.Strĭct, a. p. 1307Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. 2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict or lax fiber. 3. Exact; accurate; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch. It shall be…Strĭct'ly, adv. p. 1307In a strict manner; tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; rigorously.Strīct'ness, n. p. 1307The quality or condition of being strict; closeness; tightness;—opposed to laxity. 2. Exactness in the observance of rules, laws, rites, and the like; rigorous accuracy; nice regularity or precision.…