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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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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.Stūc'co, n. p. 1311Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls; especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum, with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work. 2. Work made of…Stūc'co, v. t. p. 1311To overlay with stucco or fine plaster.Stŭc'co-er, n. p. 1311One who stuccoes.Stŭck, imp. & p. p. p. 1311of stick. See STICK.Stück, n. p. 1311A thrust. [Obs.] Shak.Stŭck/le, n. p. 1311A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.Stŭck'-ŭp, a. p. 1311Stiffly and affectedly vain; self-important, and supercilious without possessing real superiority; unreasonably puffed up, and exclusive, from an undue sense of personal importance or position.…Stūd, n. p. 1311A stem; a trunk. [Obs.] Seest thou not this same hawthorn stud? Spenser. 2. (Arch.) A small piece of timber or joist inserted in the sills and beams, between the posts, to support the beams or other…Stūd, n. p. 1311A collection of breeding horses and mares; or the place where they are kept. In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and fire. Sir W. Temple. He…Stŭd, v. t. p. 1311To adorn with shining studs or knobs. Their horses shall be trapped, Their harness studded all with gold and pearl. Shak. 2. To set with detached ornaments, or prominent objects; to set thickly, as…Stūd'-bōlt, n. p. 1311A bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other;—called also standing-bolt.Stūd'der-y, n. p. 1311A stable or like place for keeping a stud of horses. [Obs.] King Henry VIII. erected a noble studdery. Harrison.Stŭd'ding, n. p. 1311Material for studs or joists; studs or joists considered collectively; studs.Stūd'ding-säil, n. p. 1311(Naut.) A light sail set outside of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. It is bent to a small yard called the studding-sail yard. Totten.Stū'dent, n. p. 1311A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning, either in a seminary or in private; a scholar; as, the students of an academy, of a college or university; a medical student; a law student.…Stū'dent-shĭp, n. p. 1311The state of being a student.