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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'-eā'ble, n. p. 1306(Naut.) The cable attached to a stream-anchor.Strēam'ér, n. p. 1306An ensign or flag; a pennon or flag, especially when long and narrow, extended or flowing in the wind. Brave Rupert from afar appears, Whose waving streamers the glad general knows. Dryden. 2. A…Strēam'ful, a. p. 1306Abounding in streams, or in water. “The streamful tide.” Drayton.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.