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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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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.…Strōk'er, n. p. 1309One who strokes; one who pretends to cure by stroking.Strōkes’man or STRŌKES’MEN, n. p. 1309The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest. Totten.Strōk'ing, n. p. 1309The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke. I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears. Milton. 2. (pl.) The same as STRIPPINGS. See STRIPPINGS.Strōll, v. i. p. 1309To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove. These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants. Swift. Strolling player, an inferior stage-actor who wanders about from…Strōll, n. p. 1309A wandering on foot; a walking idly and leisurely; a ramble.Strŏll'er, n. p. 1309One who strolls; a vagabond; a vagrant.Strō'mă, n. p. 1309(Anal.) The tissue which affords mechanical support, in which the active elements or structures of an organ are imbedded. 2. (Bot.) A fleshy body to which the flocci in some fungi are attached.…Stro-măt'ic, a. p. 1309Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.Strōmb, n. p. 1309(Zoöl.) A mollusk of the genus Strombus.Strōm'bite, n. p. 1309(Paleon.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.Strom-bū'lī-fōrm, a. p. 1309(Geol.) Formed like a top.Strŏm'bus, n. p. 1309(Zoöl.) A genus of marine gasteropodous mollusks, having the external border or lip dilated into a wing.Stro-mey'er-ite, n. p. 1309(Min.) A steel-gray ore of silver, consisting of sulphur, silver, and copper. Dana.Strōnd, n. p. 1309The beach; the shore or strand. [Obs.] See STRAND. Shak.Strŏng, a. p. 1309Having physical active power, or great physical power to act; having the power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. “That our oxen may be strong to labor.” Ps. cxliv. 14. Orses the strong to…Strŏng'hănd, n. p. 1310Violence; force; power. It was their meaning to take what they needed by strong-hand. Raleigh.Strŏng'hōld, n. p. 1310A fastness; a fort or fortress; a fortified place; a place of security. ☞ This word is sometimes incorrectly written strong hold, or strong-hold; but when an adjective precedes a noun with which it…Strŏng'ly, adv. p. 1310In a strong manner; with strength; with great force or power; forcibly; in a manner to resist attack; firmly; as, a town strongly fortified; vehemently; forcibly; eagerly; as, he objected strongly.Strŏng'-wā/ter, n. p. 1310Distilled or ardent spirits. [Obs.] Bacon.Strŏn'ti-ă or Strŏn'ti-an, n. p. 1310(Min.) An earth of a white color, resembling baryta in many of its properties. It is a compound of oxygen and the metal strontium, in the proportion of 8 of the former to 43.8 of the latter. Dana. ☞…Strŏn′ti-an, a. p. 1310Pertaining to, or containing, the earth strontia. [Obs.]Strŏn'ti-an-ite, n. p. 1310(Min.) Carbonate of strontia, occurring massive, fibrous, stellated, and crystallized in the form of a modified rhombic prism.Stron-tī'tēg, n. p. 1310Strontium. [Obs.]Stron-tit'ic, a. p. 1310Of, or pertaining to, strontia; containing strontia.