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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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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.Strŭn'tain, n. p. 1310A kind of worsted braid, less than an inch broad. [Scot.] Simmonds.Struse, n. p. 1310(Naut.) A long, burdensome craft, used for transportation on the inland waters of Russia. Simmonds.Strŭt, v. i. p. 1310To swell; to protuberate. [Rare.] The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. Dryden. 2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity. Does he not hold up his head…Strŭt, n. p. 1310A lofty, proud step or walk with the head erect; affectation of dignity in walking. 2. (Arch.) A piece of timber obliquely placed from a king or queen post to support or strengthen a rafter or an…Stru'thi-ō'nēs, n. pl. p. 1310(Ornith.) An order of large birds, including the ostrich, having short wings unsuited for flight, and long, strong legs, which enable them to run very rapidly. Baird.Stru'thi-oŭs, a. p. 1310Of, pertaining to, or like, the ostrich; belonging to the ostrich tribe.Strŭt'ter, n. p. 1310One who struts.Strŭt'ting-ly, adv. p. 1310In a strutting manner; with a proud, lofty step; boastingly.Stru'vīte, n. p. 1310(Min.) A crystalline mineral found in guano from Saldanha Bay, on the African coast, and consisting chiefly of phosphoric acid, magnesia, oxide of ammonium, and water, with a very small proportion of…Stry̆ch'ni-ȧ or Strych-nī'nȧ or Stry̆ch'nĭne, n. p. 1310(Chem.) A vegetable alkaloid, the sole active principle of Strychnos tieuté, the most active of the Java poisons, and one of the active principles of Strychnos Ignatii, S. nux-vomica, and S.…Strȳde, n. p. 1310The same as STRIDE. [Obs.] Spenser.Stŭb, n. p. 1310The stump of a tree; that part of the stem of a tree which remains fixed in the earth when the tree is cut down; — applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. Low stubs gored his feet.…Stŭb, v. t. p. 1310To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. “What stubbing, . . . digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land.” Berkeley. 2. [L. Ger. stubben.] To strike, as the toes…Stŭb'bed, a. p. 1310Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse. 2. Not nice or delicate; hardy. [Obs.] “Stubbed, vulgar constitutions.” Bp. Berkeley.Stŭb'bed-ness, n. p. 1310The state or quality of being stubbed; bluntness; obtuseness.Stŭb'bi-ness, n. p. 1310The state of being stubby. 2. Stubbedness.Stŭb'ble, n. p. 1310The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. After the first crop is off, they plow in the stubble. Mortimer.Stŭb'bled, a. p. 1310Covered with stubble. “The stubbled plain.” Gay. 2. Stubbed. [Obs.]Stŭb'ble-go͞ose, n. p. 1310A goose fed among stubble. [Obs.] Chaucer.Stŭb'ble-rāke, n. p. 1310A rake with long teeth for raking together stubble.Stŭb'bly, a. p. 1310Covered with stubble; having stubble; stubbled.Stŭb'born, a. p. 1310Unreasonably obstinate; inflexibly fixed in opinion; not to be moved or persuaded by reasons; inflexible; refractory; as, a stubborn son; a stubborn mind or soul. 2. Persevering; persisting; steady…Stŭb'born-ly, adv. p. 1311In a stubborn manner; obstinately; inflexibly; contumaciously.Stŭb'born-ness, n. p. 1311The state or quality of being stubborn; perverse and unreasonable obstinacy; inflexibility; contumacy; stiffness; want of pliancy; refractoriness, as of ores.Stŭb'by, a. p. 1311Abounding with stubs. 2. Short and thick; short and strong; as, stubby bristles.Stŭb'-ĕnd, n. p. 1311(Mach.) The enlarged end of a connecting-rod, to which the strap is fastened.Stŭb'-môr'tise, n. p. 1311(Carp.) A mortise passing through only part of the timber in which it is formed.Stŭb'-nāil, n. p. 1311A nail broken off; a short, thick nail.