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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Strŏn′ti-ŭm, n. p. 1310(Chem.) A malleable metal, of a yellowish color, resembling barium in its properties.Strōok, imp. p. 1310of strike. [Obs.] Chapman.Strōot, v. t. p. 1310To swell out; to strut. [Obs.] The mizzens strooted with the gale. Chapman.Strŏp, n. p. 1310A strap; especially, a strip of leather, or a strip of wood covered with leather or other suitable material, used for sharpening razors, and giving them a fine, smooth edge; a razor-strop. See STRAP.Strŏp, v. t. p. 1310To draw over a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.Strŏp, n. p. 1310(Naut.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.Strō'phe, n. p. 1310(Anc. Poet.) That part of a song, or dance, which was performed by turning from the right to the left of the orchestra. ☞ It was succeeded by the antistrophe, in a contrary direction. Hence, in…Strŏph'ic, a. p. 1310Pertaining to strophes.Stroph'i-o-late or Stroph'i-o-lā'ted, a. p. 1310(Bot.) Furnished with a strophiole or caruncle, or that which resembles it. Gray.Strō'phi-ōle, n. p. 1310(Bot.) A swollen fungus-like excrescence on the surface of some seeds, about the hilum; a caruncle. Henslow.Strŏph'ŭ-lŭs, n. p. 1310(Med.) An eruption of red, or sometimes whitish, pimples, occurring in early infancy, chiefly about the face, neck, and arms, and surrounded with a reddish halo. Dunglison.Stroud, n. p. 1310A kind of garment made of rags, used by the North American Indians; a kind of coarse blanket. Simmonds. Henry.Stroud'ing, n. p. 1310Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth employed in the trade with the North American Indians.Strout, v. i. p. 1310To swell; to puff out; to project; to strout. [Obs.] Mustachios strouting long, and chin close-shaved. Fairfax.Strout, v. t. p. 1310To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. [Obs.] Bacon.Strōve, imp. p. 1310of strive. See STRIVE.Strōw, v. t. p. 1310The same as STREW, q. v.Strōwl, v. i. p. 1310To stroll. [Obs.] See STROLL.Stroy, v. i. p. 1310To destroy. [Obs.] See DESTROY.Strŭck, imp. & p. p. p. 1310of strike. See STRIKE. Struck jury (Law), a special jury, selected by striking from the panel of jurors a certain number of each party, leaving a number required by law to try the cause. Bouvier.Strŭck'en, p. p. p. 1310of strike. [Obs.] See STRIKE.Strŭct'ūr-al, a. p. 1310Of, or pertaining to, structure. “The structural intention of all organizations.” I. Taylor.Strŭc'tŭre, n. p. 1310The act of building; practice of erecting buildings. [Rare.] His son builds on, and never is content Till the last farthing is in structure spent. Dryden. 2. Manner of building; form; make…Strŭct'ūr-ĭst, n. p. 1310One who forms structures; a builder or maker. [Rare.]Strūde, n. p. 1310A stock of breeding mares. [Written also strode.] Bailey.Strŭg'gle, v. i. p. 1310To strive, or to make efforts with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. 2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend; as, to struggle to save life; to struggle with the…Strŭg'gle, n. p. 1310Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avoid an evil; properly, a violent effort with contortions of the body. 2. Contest; contention; strife. An honest man might look upon the…Strŭg'gler, n. p. 1310One who struggles, strives, or contends.Strŭll, n. p. 1310A bar so placed as to resist weight.Strŭm, v. t. & i. p. 1310To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in a coarse, noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.Strūm, n. p. 1310A strumpet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Stru'ma, n. p. 1310(Med.) The same as SCROFULA, q. v. 2. (Bot.) The swelling or protuberance of any organ. Gray.Stru-mōse’ or Stru’mōus, a. p. 1310Scrofulous; having struma.