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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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Strīg'ĭl, n. p. 1308(Antiq.) An instrument of metal, ivory, or horn, used for scraping the skin at the bath.Strīg'ĭl-lōse, a. p. 1308(Bot.) Set with stiff, slender bristles.Strig'ment, n. p. 1308Scraping; that which is scraped off. [Obs.] Browne.Strī-gōse' or Strī'gōus, a. p. 1308(Bot.) Set with stiff, lanceolate bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf. Martyn.Strīke, v. t. p. 1308To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or an instrument; to give a blow to, either with the hand or any instrument or missile. He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer, while I…Strike, v. i. p. 1308To make a quick blow or thrust. It pleased the king To strike at me upon his misconstruction. Shak. 2. To hit; to collide; to dash; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock. 3. To…Strike, n. p. 1308An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top. 2. A bushel; four pecks. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser. 3. An old…Strīke'-blŏck, n. p. 1308(Carp.) A plane shorter than a jointer, used for shooting a short joint. Moxon.Strik'er, n. p. 1308One who, or that which, strikes. 2. A harpoon. Simmonds. 3. A wencher. [Obs.] Massinger.Strik'ing, p. a. p. 1308Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance of features. “A striking fact.” De Quincey.Strik'ing-dis'tance, n. p. 1308The distance through which a given effort or instrumentality will be effective.Strik'ing-ly, adv. p. 1308In a striking manner; in such a manner as to affect or surprise; forcibly; strongly; impressively.Strĭk'ing-ness, n. p. 1308The quality of being striking, or of affecting or surprising.Strik'le, n. p. 1308See STRICKLE.String, n. p. 1308A small rope, line, or cord, or a slender strip of leather or other like substance, used for fastening or tying things. 2. A ribbon. Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string. Prior. 3. A…String, v. t. p. 1308To furnish with strings. Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet? Gay. 2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument. For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung. Addison. 3. To…String'-bănd, n. p. 1308(Mus.) A band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments.String'-beans, n. pl. p. 1308French beans, or bush-beans; — so called from the string-like fiber which is stripped from the sides of the pods in preparing them, when green, for the table. [U. S.] Bartlett.Strĭng'-bōard, n. p. 1308A long board that sustains any important part of a frame-work or structure; especially, a board which sustains the ends of the steps in a wooden staircase.String'-cōurse, n. p. 1308(Arch.) A projecting, horizontal band or line of moldings in a building.Stringed, a. p. 1308Having strings; as, a stringed instrument. 2. Produced by strings. “Answering the stringed noise.” [Rare.] Milton.Strin'gen-cy, n. p. 1308The state or quality of being stringent; severe pressure; as, the stringency of the money market.Strīn'gent, a. p. 1308Binding strongly; urgent; making severe requirements. They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure, than are administered by the ordinary tribunals.…Strin'gent-ly, adv. p. 1308In a stringent manner.String'er, n. p. 1308One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. You must be content to put your trust in an honest stringer. Archam. 2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 3. (Railway…Strĭng'-hălt, n. p. 1308(Far.) A sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive motion of the muscles that contract or bend the leg. ☞ This word, in some parts of the United States, is…Strĭng'i-ness, n. p. 1308The state of being stringy.String'less, a. p. 1308Having no strings. His tongue is now a stringless instrument. Shak.Strĭng'-piēce, n. p. 1308(Arch.) (a.) A long piece of timber, especially one used to support a floor. (b.) That part of a flight of stairs which forms its ceiling or soffit. Gwilt.Strĭng'y, a. p. 1308Consisting of strings or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. 2. Capable of being drawn into a string, or strings; ropy; viscid; gluey.String'y-bark, n. p. 1309(Bot.) An Australian tree of the genus Eucalyptus (E. robusta), the bark of which is used by the aborigines in making cordage and canvas. Eng. Cyc.Strĭp, v. t. p. 1309To pull or tear off, as a covering; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back. 2. To deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to…Strĭp, v. i. p. 1309To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to uncover; to undress. 2. To lose the thread, or have the thread stripped off; — said of a screw or bolt; as, the screw strips.Strĭp, n. p. 1309A narrow piece, comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth. 2. [Norm. estrippe.] Waste, in a legal sense; destruction of fences, buildings, timber, &c. [Massachusetts.]Stripe, n. p. 1309A line, or long, narrow division of any thing, of a different color from the ground; as, a stripe of red on a green ground; hence, any linear variation of color. 2. A strip, or long, narrow piece…Stripe, v. t. p. 1309To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors; to variegate with stripes. 2. To strike; to lash. [Rare.]Strīped, a. p. 1309Having stripes of different colors.Strĭp'-leaf, n. p. 1309Tobacco from which the stalks have been removed before packing. Simmonds.Strĭp'ling, n. p. 1309A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. The king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 1 Sam. xvii. 56.Strĭp'per, n. p. 1309One who strips.Strĭp'pet, n. p. 1309A small stream; a rivulet. [Obs.] “A little brook or strippet.” Holinshed.Strĭp′pings, n. pl. p. 1309The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.Strive, v. i. p. 1309To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard. Was it for this that his ambition strove To equal Cæsar first, and after, Jove? Cowley. 2. To struggle in opposition…Strive, n. p. 1309An effort; a striving. [Rare.] Chapman.Strīv'er, n. p. 1309One who strives or contends; one who makes efforts of body or mind.Striv'ing-ly, adv. p. 1309With earnest efforts; with struggles.Strix, n. p. 1309(Arch.) A channel in a fluted column or pillar.Strĭx, n. p. 1309(Ornith.) A genus of owls. Baird.Strōam, v. i. p. 1309To wander about idly and vacantly.Strōb'ile, n. p. 1309(Bot.) A multiple fruit in the form of a cone or head, as that of the hop or pine, especially the latter and its related species; a cone. 2. (Physiol.) An individual producing, non-sexually, sexual…Strōb'i-lā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1309(Bot.) Bearing strobiles; relating to strobiles or strobile-bearing plants. Gray.Stro-bĭl'i-fōrm, a. p. 1309Shaped like a strobile.Strōb'i-līne, a. p. 1309Of, or pertaining to, a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform.Strōb'i-lite, n. p. 1309(Paleon.) A fossil cone found in the cretaceous and oölitic formations of England.Strō'cal or Strō'cle or Strōck'le, n. p. 1309(Glass Manuf.) A shovel with a turned-up edge, suited to filling the pots or molds from the chests or harbors of materials. Simmonds.Strōde, n. p. 1309The same as STRUDE, q. v.Strō'kal, n. p. 1309The same as STROCAL, q. v.Strōke, imp. p. 1309of strike. [Obs.] See STRIKE.Strōke, n. p. 1309A blow; the striking of one body against another. The oars were silver, Which to the time of flutes kept stroke. Shak. 2. A hostile blow or attack. He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples…Strōke, v. t. p. 1309To rub gently with the hand, by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; especially, to rub gently in one direction; to soothe. He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He stroked her cheeks.…