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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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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.Stru'mous-ness, n. p. 1310The state or quality of being strumous.Strŭm'pet, n. p. 1310A prostitute; a harlot.Strŭm'pet, a. p. 1310Like a strumpet; false; inconstant.Strŭm'pet, v. t. p. 1310To debauch. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander. “With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.” Massinger.Strŭm'strum, n. p. 1310A noisy musical instrument. [Obs.] “The strumstrum is made somewhat like a cittern.” Dampier.Strŭng, imp. & p. p. p. 1310of string. See STRING.