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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sadiron \Sad"i`ron\, n. [Probably sad heavy + iron.] An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron. | |
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Saturant \Sat"u*rant\, a. [L. saturans, p. pr. See {Saturate}.] Impregnating to the full; saturating. | |
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Saturant \Sat"u*rant\, n. 1. (Chem.) A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance. 2. (Med.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach. | |
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Saturn \Sa"turn\, n. [L. Saturnus, literally, the sower, fr. serere, satum, to sow. See {Season}.] 1. (Roman Myth.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of C[d2]lus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time. 2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites. | |
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Saturnalia \Sat`ur*na"li*a\, n. pl. [L. See {Saturn}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves. 2. Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence. | |
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Saturnalian \Sat`ur*na"li*an\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia. 2. Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. [bd]Saturnalian amusement.[b8] --Burke. | |
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Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative}, {Empress}.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. {Emperor goose} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome goose ({Philacte canagica}), found in Alaska. {Emperor moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth ({Platysamia cecropia}), and the European species ({Saturnia pavonia}). {Emperor paper}. See under {Paper}. {Purple emperor} (Zo[94]l.), a large, strong British butterfly ({Apatura iris}). | |
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Saturnian \Sa*tur"ni*an\, a. [L. Saturnius.] 1. (Roman Myth.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age. 2. Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment. Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times. --Pope. 3. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year. {Saturnian verse} (Pros.), a meter employed by early Roman satirists, consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, as in the line: -- Th[ecr] qu[emac]en | w[acr]s [imac]n | th[ecr] k[imac]tch | [ecr]n [d8] [emac]at[icr]ng | br[emac]ad [acr]nd | h[omac]n[ecr]y. | |
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Saturnian \Sa*tur"ni*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to {Saturnia} and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See {Polyphemus}. | |
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Saturnian \Sa*tur"ni*an\, a. [L. Saturnius.] 1. (Roman Myth.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age. 2. Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment. Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times. --Pope. 3. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year. {Saturnian verse} (Pros.), a meter employed by early Roman satirists, consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, as in the line: -- Th[ecr] qu[emac]en | w[acr]s [imac]n | th[ecr] k[imac]tch | [ecr]n [d8] [emac]at[icr]ng | br[emac]ad [acr]nd | h[omac]n[ecr]y. | |
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Saturnicentric \Sat`urn*i*cen"tric\, a. (Astron.) Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center. | |
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Saturnine \Sat"ur*nine\, a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also, the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead (Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien saturnine, saturnian. See {Saturn}.] 1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn. 2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of {mercurial}; as, a saturnine person or temper. --Addison. 3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic] {Saturnine colic} (Med.), lead colic. | |
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Saturnine \Sat"ur*nine\, a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also, the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead (Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien saturnine, saturnian. See {Saturn}.] 1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn. 2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of {mercurial}; as, a saturnine person or temper. --Addison. 3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic] {Saturnine colic} (Med.), lead colic. | |
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Saturnism \Sat"ur*nism\, n. (Med.) Plumbism. --Quain. | |
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Saturnist \Sat"ur*nist\, n. A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. --W. Browne. | |
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Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G. ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf. Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.] A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. 2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak. 3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena. Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith. 4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray. 5. A circular group of persons. And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton. 6. (Geom.) (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. 7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. 8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}. 9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc. The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A. Freeman. {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}. {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel. {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms. {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}. {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless. {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}. {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage. {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See Illust. under {Benzene}. {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth. {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under {Micrometer}. {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}. {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}. {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and {P. Alexandri} of {Java}. {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The ringed dotterel. (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}). {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange red. {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}. {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel. {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize fighters, collectively. {The ring}. (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races. [Eng.] (b) The prize ring. | |
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Sauterne \Sau`terne"\, n. [F.] A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France. | |
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Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scattering}.] [OE. scateren. See {Shatter}.] 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. And some are scattered all the floor about. --Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains? --Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior. 2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak. 3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like. Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew. | |
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Scattering \Scat"ter*ing\, a. Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes. | |
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Scattering \Scat"ter*ing\, n. Act of strewing about; something scattered. --South. | |
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Scatteringly \Scat"ter*ing*ly\, adv. In a scattering manner; dispersedly. | |
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Scaturient \Sca*tu"ri*ent\, a.[L. scaturiens, p. pr. of scaturire gush out, from scatere to bubble, gush.] Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive. [R.] A pen so scaturient and unretentive. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Scottering \Scot"ter*ing\, n. The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sea term \Sea" term`\ A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase. | |
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Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw. t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera. Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}), the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S. fuliginosa}). {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}. {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied genera which frequent rivers. {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers. | |
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Sea trumpet \Sea" trum"pet\ 1. (Bot.) A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See {Triton}. | |
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d8Triton \[d8]Tri"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr.[?].] (Gr. Myth.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. --Wordsworth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to {Triton} and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also {trumpet shell}, and {sea trumpet}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are {Hemisalamandra cristata}, {Molge palmata}, and {M. alpestris}, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is {Diemyctylus viridescens}. See Illust. under {Salamander}. | |
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Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon. 3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it. --Shak. That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises. --Dryden. 4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine. {Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}. {Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis}) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. {Trumpet animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}. {Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] {Trumpet conch} (Zo[94]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton. {Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England {trumpet ash}. {Trumpet fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) The fistularia. {Trumpet flower}. (Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom. (b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers. {Trumpet fly} (Zo[94]l.), a botfly. {Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}. {Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Sarracenia}. {Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. {Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to [bd]its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape.[b8] --Grove. {Trumpet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See {Triton}, 2. {Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}. | |
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Sea trumpet \Sea" trum"pet\ 1. (Bot.) A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See {Triton}. | |
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d8Triton \[d8]Tri"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr.[?].] (Gr. Myth.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. --Wordsworth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to {Triton} and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also {trumpet shell}, and {sea trumpet}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are {Hemisalamandra cristata}, {Molge palmata}, and {M. alpestris}, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is {Diemyctylus viridescens}. See Illust. under {Salamander}. | |
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Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon. 3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it. --Shak. That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises. --Dryden. 4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine. {Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}. {Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis}) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. {Trumpet animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}. {Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] {Trumpet conch} (Zo[94]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton. {Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England {trumpet ash}. {Trumpet fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) The fistularia. {Trumpet flower}. (Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom. (b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers. {Trumpet fly} (Zo[94]l.), a botfly. {Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}. {Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Sarracenia}. {Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. {Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to [bd]its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape.[b8] --Grove. {Trumpet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See {Triton}, 2. {Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}. | |
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Sea trumpet \Sea" trum"pet\ 1. (Bot.) A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See {Triton}. | |
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d8Triton \[d8]Tri"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr.[?].] (Gr. Myth.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. --Wordsworth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to {Triton} and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also {trumpet shell}, and {sea trumpet}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are {Hemisalamandra cristata}, {Molge palmata}, and {M. alpestris}, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is {Diemyctylus viridescens}. See Illust. under {Salamander}. | |
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Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon. 3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it. --Shak. That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises. --Dryden. 4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine. {Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}. {Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis}) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. {Trumpet animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}. {Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] {Trumpet conch} (Zo[94]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton. {Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England {trumpet ash}. {Trumpet fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) The fistularia. {Trumpet flower}. (Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom. (b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers. {Trumpet fly} (Zo[94]l.), a botfly. {Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}. {Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Sarracenia}. {Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. {Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to [bd]its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape.[b8] --Grove. {Trumpet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See {Triton}, 2. {Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}. | |
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Sea turn \Sea" turn`\ A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Seat \Seat\, n. [OE. sete, Icel. s[91]ti; akin to Sw. s[84]te, Dan. s[91]de, MHG. s[amac]ze, AS. set, setl, and E. sit. [root]154. See {Sit}, and cf. {Settle}, n.] 1. The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like. And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves. --Matt. xxi. 12. 2. The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation. Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is. --Rev. ii. 13. He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison. --Bacon. A seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity. --Macaulay. 3. That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons. 4. A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house. 5. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount. --G. Eliot. 6. (Mach.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. {Seat worm} (Zo[94]l.), the pinworm. | |
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Setireme \Se"ti*reme\, n. [Seta + L. remus an oar.] (Zo[94]l.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin. | |
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Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) An American clupeoid fish ({Clupea mediocris}), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also {hickory shad}, {tailor shad}, {fall herring}, and {shad herring}. | |
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Shatter \Shat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shattering}.] [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf. {Scatter}.] 1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning. A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects. --Locke. 2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor. --Norris. 3. To scatter about. [Obs.] Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. --Milton. | |
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Shudder \Shud"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shuddered};p. pr. & vb. n. {Shuddering}.] [OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, sch[81]tteln to shake, sch[81]tten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.] To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. [bd]With shuddering horror pale.[b8] --Milton. The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. --Goldsmith. | |
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Shudderingly \Shud"der*ing*ly\, adv. In a shuddering manner. | |
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Side \Side\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral. One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. --Dryden. 2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark. The law hath no side respect to their persons. --Hooker. 3. [AS. s[c6]d. Cf {Side}, n.] Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.] --Shak. His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg. --Laneham. {Side action}, in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise. {Side arms}, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc. {Side ax}, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. {Side-bar rule} (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. --Burril. {Side box}, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater. To insure a side-box station at half price. --Cowper. {Side chain}, one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides. | |
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Sideromancy \Sid"er*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] iron + -mancy.] Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning. --Craig. | |
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Souterrain \Sou"ter*rain\, n. [F. See {Subterranean}.] A grotto or cavern under ground. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot. | |
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Southern \South"ern\, n. A Southerner. [R.] | |
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Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[?][?]ern. See {South}.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. {Southern Cross} (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. {Southern Fish} (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere ({Piscis Australis}) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. {Southern States} (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. | |
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Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[ocr]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. {Acton}, {Hacqueton}.] 1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half. 2. The cotton plant. See {Cotten plant}, below. 3. Cloth made of cotton. Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry; cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick. {Cotton cambric}. See {Cambric}, n., 2. {Cotton flannel}, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel. {Cotton gin}, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney. {Cotton grass} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Eriphorum}) of the Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton. {Cotton mouse} (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops. {Cotton plant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gossypium}, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally Asiatic, is {G. herbaceum}. {Cotton press}, a building and machinery in which cotton bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a press for baling cotton. {Cotton rose} (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs ({Filago}), covered with a white substance resembling cotton. {Cotton scale} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton plant. {Cotton shrub}. Same as Cotton plant. {Cotton stainer} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hemipterous insect ({Dysdercus suturellus}), which seriously damages growing cotton by staining it; -- called also {redbug}. {Cotton thistle} (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under {Thistle}. {Cotton velvet}, velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton. {Cotton waste}, the refuse of cotton mills. {Cotton wool}, cotton in its raw or woolly state. {Cotton worm} (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on corn, etc., and hence is often called {corn worm}, and {Southern army worm}. | |
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Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[?][?]ern. See {South}.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. {Southern Cross} (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. {Southern Fish} (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere ({Piscis Australis}) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. {Southern States} (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. | |
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12. (Surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. 13. (Mech.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. {Cross and pile}, a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails. {Cross} {bottony [or] botton[82]}. See under {Bottony}. {Cross estoil[82]} (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having four long points only. {Cross of Calvary}. See {Calvary}, 3. {Southern cross}. (Astron.) See under {Southern}. {To do a thing on the cross}, to act dishonestly; -- opposed to acting on the square. [Slang] {To take up the cross}, to bear troubles and afflictions with patience from love to Christ. | |
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Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[?][?]ern. See {South}.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. {Southern Cross} (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. {Southern Fish} (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere ({Piscis Australis}) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. {Southern States} (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. | |
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12. (Surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. 13. (Mech.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. {Cross and pile}, a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails. {Cross} {bottony [or] botton[82]}. See under {Bottony}. {Cross estoil[82]} (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having four long points only. {Cross of Calvary}. See {Calvary}, 3. {Southern cross}. (Astron.) See under {Southern}. {To do a thing on the cross}, to act dishonestly; -- opposed to acting on the square. [Slang] {To take up the cross}, to bear troubles and afflictions with patience from love to Christ. | |
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Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[?][?]ern. See {South}.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. {Southern Cross} (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. {Southern Fish} (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere ({Piscis Australis}) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. {Southern States} (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. | |
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Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[?][?]ern. See {South}.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. {Southern Cross} (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. {Southern Fish} (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere ({Piscis Australis}) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. {Southern States} (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. | |
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Southerner \South"ern*er\, n. An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to {Northerner}. | |
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Southernliness \South"ern*li*ness\, n. Southerliness. | |
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Southernly \South"ern*ly\, a. Somewhat southern. -- adv. In a southerly manner or course; southward. | |
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Southernmost \South"ern*most`\, a. Farthest south. | |
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Southernwood \South"ern*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A shrubby species of wormwood ({Artemisia Abrotanum}) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer. | |
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Southren \South"ren\, a. Southern. [Obs.] [bd]I am a Southren man.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Southron \South"ron\, n. An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman. | |
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Squadron \Squad"ron\, n. [F. escadron, formerly also esquadron, or It. squadrone. See {Squad}.] 1. Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square. [R.] Those half-rounding quards Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined. --Milton. 2. (Mil.) A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men. 3. (Naut.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron. --Totten. {Flying squadron}, a squadron of observation or practice, that cruises rapidly about from place to place. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Squadroned \Squad"roned\, a. Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] --Milton. | |
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{Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc. {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules. {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne. {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}. {Star flower}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum}; star-of-Bethlehem. (b) See {Starwort} (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis} ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray. {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. {Star grass}. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}. {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla} ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}. {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}. {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}. {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike flower. {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago} ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore. {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster. {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}. {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean. {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes occur at fixed periods. {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms. | |
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Stare \Stare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {stared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {staring}.] [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. star[c7]n, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. [?] solid (E. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. [fb]166. Cf. {Sterile}.] 1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. --Chaucer. Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. --Shak. 2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors. 3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.] Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. --Shak. Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. --Mortimer. Syn: To gaze; to look earnestly. See {Gaze}. | |
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Staringly \Star"ing*ly\, adv. With a staring look. | |
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Starmonger \Star"mon`ger\, n. A fortune teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt. --B. Jonson. | |
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Starn \Starn\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European starling. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Starnose \Star"nose`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A curious American mole ({Condylura cristata}) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also {star-nosed mole}. | |
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Starnose \Star"nose`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A curious American mole ({Condylura cristata}) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also {star-nosed mole}. | |
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Starriness \Star"ri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens. | |
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Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starred} (st[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starring}.] To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. [bd]A sable curtain starred with gold.[b8] --Young. | |
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Stearin \Ste"a*rin\, n. [Gr. [?] tallow, suet: cf. F. st[82]arine.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate. | |
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Stearone \Ste"a*rone\, n. (Chem.) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, ({C17H35)2.CO}, by the distillation of calcium stearate. | |
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Steering \Steer"ing\, a. & n. from {Steer}, v. {Steering wheel} (Naut.), the wheel by means of which the rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered. | |
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Steer \Steer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steering}.] [OE. steeren, steren, AS. sti[82]ran, st[?]ran, ste[a2]ran; akin to OFries. stiora, stiura, D. sturen, OD. stieren, G. steuren, OHG. stiuren to direct, support, G. steuer contribution, tax, Icel. st[?]ra to steer, govern,Sw. styra, Dan. styre, Goth. stiurjan to establish, AS. ste[a2]r a rudder, a helm, and probably to Icel. staurr a pale, stake, Gr. [?], and perhaps ultimately to E. stand. [fb]168. Cf. {Starboard}, {Stern}, n.] To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water. That with a staff his feeble steps did steer. --Spenser. | |
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Steering \Steer"ing\, a. & n. from {Steer}, v. {Steering wheel} (Naut.), the wheel by means of which the rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered. | |
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Stereometer \Ste`re*om"e*ter\, n. [Stereo- + meter.] (Physics) 1. An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer. 2. An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids. | |
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Stereometric \Ste`re*o*met"ric\, Stereometrical \Ste`re*o*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]om[82]trique.] Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry. -- {Ste`re*o*met"ric*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Stereometric \Ste`re*o*met"ric\, Stereometrical \Ste`re*o*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]om[82]trique.] Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry. -- {Ste`re*o*met"ric*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Stereometric \Ste`re*o*met"ric\, Stereometrical \Ste`re*o*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]om[82]trique.] Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry. -- {Ste`re*o*met"ric*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Stereometry \Ste`re*om"e*try\, n. [Stereo- + -metry: cf. F. st[82]r[82]om[82]trie.] The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry. | |
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Stereomonoscope \Ste`re*o*mon"o*scope\, n. [Stereo- + mono- + -scope.] An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once. | |
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Stern \Stern\, n. [AS. stearn a kind of bird. See {Starling}.] (Zo[94]l.) The black tern. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. [Compar. {Sterner}; superl. {Sternest}.] [OE. sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk refractory. [fb]166.] Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. --Chaucer. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak. When that the poor have cried, C[91]sar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak. Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. --Dryden. These barren rocks, your stern inheritance. --Wordsworth. Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless. | |
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Stern \Stern\, n. [Icel. stj[d3]rn a steering, or a doubtful AS. ste[a2]rn. [fb]166. See {Steer}, v. t.] 1. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. 3. Fig.: The post of management or direction. And sit chiefest stern of public weal. --Shak. 4. The hinder part of anything. --Spenser. 5. The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog. {By the stern}. (Naut.) See {By the head}, under {By}. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Chase \Chase\, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See {Chase}, v.] 1. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt. [bd]This mad chase of fame.[b8] --Dryden. You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. 2. That which is pursued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. 3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [Eng.] 4. (Court Tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point. {Chase gun} (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued. {Chase port} (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. {Stern chase} (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Gallery \Gal"ler*y\, n.; pl. {Galleries}. [F. galerie, It. galleria, fr. LL. galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf. OF. galerie a rejoicing, fr. galer to rejoice. Cf. {Gallant}, a.] 1. A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal. 2. A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc. 3. A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall. 4. (Naut.) A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called {stern gallery} or {quarter gallery}, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850. 5. (Fort.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. 6. (Mining) A working drift or level. {Whispering gallery}. See under {Whispering}. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Sternson \Stern"son\, n. [See {Stern}, n., and cf. {Stemson}.] (Naut.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also {stern knee}. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Sternson \Stern"son\, n. [See {Stern}, n., and cf. {Stemson}.] (Naut.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also {stern knee}. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. | |
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Sternum \Ster"num\, n.; pl. L. {Sterna}, E. {Sternums}. [NL., from Gr. [?], the breast, chest.] 1. (Anat.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone. Note: The sternum is connected with the ribs or the pectorial girdle, or with both. In man it is a flat bone, broad anteriorly, narrowed behind, and connected with the clavicles and the cartilages of the seven anterior pairs of ribs. In most birds it has a high median keel for the attachment of the muscles of the wings. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod. | |
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Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See {Roseal}, {Rose}.] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers. 2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. {Roseate tern} (Zo[94]l.), an American and European tern ({Sterna Dougalli}) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season. | |
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Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS. s[?]tig. See {Soot}.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. [bd]Fire of sooty coal.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. [bd]The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.[b8] --Milton. {Sooty albatross} (Zo[94]l.), an albatross ({Ph[d2]betria fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also {nellie}. {Sooty tern} (Zo[94]l.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found chiefly in tropical seas. | |
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Egg-bird \Egg"-bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, {Pha[89]thon flavirostris}. | |
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Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw. t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera. Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}), the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S. fuliginosa}). {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}. {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied genera which frequent rivers. {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers. | |
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Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See {Rich}, and cf. {regal}, {real} a coin, {Rial}.] 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely. How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? --Shak. 3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. {Battle royal}. See under {Battle}. {Royal bay} (Bot.), the classic laurel ({Laurus nobilis}.) {Royal eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Golden eagle}, under {Golden}. {Royal fern} (Bot.), the handsome fern {Osmunda regalis}. See {Osmund}. {Royal mast} (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast. {Royal metal}, an old name for gold. {Royal palm} (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree ({Oreodoxa regia}), lately discovered also in Florida. {Royal pheasant}. See {Curassow}. {Royal purple}, an intense violet color, verging toward blue. {Royal tern} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested American tern ({Sterna maxima}). {Royal tiger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tiger}. {Royal touch}, the touching of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring to health; -- formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the scrofula, or king's evil. Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous. | |
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Scurrit \Scur"rit\, n. (Zo[94]l.) the lesser tern ({Sterna minuta}). [Prov. Eng.] | |
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. {Opossum shrimp}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Opossum}. {Spector shrimp}, [or] {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and allied genera. See Illust. under {L[91]modopoda}. {Shrimp catcher} (Zo[94]l.), the little tern ({Sterna minuta}). {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground. | |
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Fairy \Fair"y\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. {Fairy bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}. {Fairy bluebird}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bluebird}. {Fairy martin} (Zo[94]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. {Fairy} {rings [or] circles}, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. {Fairy shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. {Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite. | |
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Sternage \Stern"age\, n. Stern. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Sternal \Ster"nal\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum. {Sternal ribs}. See the Note under {Rib}, n., 1. | |
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Sternal \Ster"nal\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum. {Sternal ribs}. See the Note under {Rib}, n., 1. | |
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Sternbergite \Stern"berg*ite\, n. [So named after Count Kaspar Sternberg of Prague.] (Min.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible lamin[91] varying in color from brown to black. | |
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d8Sternebra \[d8]Ster"ne*bra\, n.; pl. {Sternebr[91]}. [NL., fr. sternum + -bra of vertebra.] (Anat.) One of the segments of the sternum. -- {Ster"ne*bral}, a. | |
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d8Sternebra \[d8]Ster"ne*bra\, n.; pl. {Sternebr[91]}. [NL., fr. sternum + -bra of vertebra.] (Anat.) One of the segments of the sternum. -- {Ster"ne*bral}, a. | |
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Sterned \Sterned\, a. Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition; as, square-sterned. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. [Compar. {Sterner}; superl. {Sternest}.] [OE. sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk refractory. [fb]166.] Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. --Chaucer. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak. When that the poor have cried, C[91]sar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak. Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. --Dryden. These barren rocks, your stern inheritance. --Wordsworth. Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless. | |
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Sterner \Stern"er\, n. [See 3d {Stern}.] A director. [Obs. & R.] --Dr. R. Clerke. | |
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Stern \Stern\, a. [Compar. {Sterner}; superl. {Sternest}.] [OE. sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk refractory. [fb]166.] Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. --Chaucer. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak. When that the poor have cried, C[91]sar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak. Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. --Dryden. These barren rocks, your stern inheritance. --Wordsworth. Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless. | |
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Sternforemost \Stern`fore"most`\, adv. With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner. A fatal genius for going sternforemost. --Lowell. | |
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Sternite \Ster"nite\, n. [From {Sternum}.] (Zo[94]l.) The sternum of an arthropod somite. | |
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Sternly \Stern"ly\, adv. In a stern manner. | |
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Sternmost \Stern"most`\, a. Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy. | |
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Sternness \Stern"ness\, n. The quality or state of being stern. | |
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Sterno- \Ster"no-\ A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular. | |
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Sternocoracoid \Ster`no*cor"a*coid\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid. | |
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Sternocostal \Ster`no*cos"tal\, a. [Sterno- + costal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages. | |
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Sternohyoid \Ster`no*hy"oid\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage. | |
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Sternomastoid \Ster`no*mas"toid\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process. | |
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Starling \Star"ling\, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[91]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[91]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to {Sturnus} and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris}) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also {stare}, and {starred}. The pied starling of India is {Sternopastor contra}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A California fish; the rock trout. 3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also {sterling}. {Rose-colored starling}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pastor}. | |
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Sternothyroid \Ster`no*thy"roid\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage. | |
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Sternpost \Stern"post`\, n. (Naut.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel. | |
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Sternsman \Sterns"man\, n. A steersman. [Obs.] | |
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Sternson \Stern"son\, n. [See {Stern}, n., and cf. {Stemson}.] (Naut.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also {stern knee}. | |
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Sternum \Ster"num\, n.; pl. L. {Sterna}, E. {Sternums}. [NL., from Gr. [?], the breast, chest.] 1. (Anat.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone. Note: The sternum is connected with the ribs or the pectorial girdle, or with both. In man it is a flat bone, broad anteriorly, narrowed behind, and connected with the clavicles and the cartilages of the seven anterior pairs of ribs. In most birds it has a high median keel for the attachment of the muscles of the wings. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod. | |
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Sternum \Ster"num\, n.; pl. L. {Sterna}, E. {Sternums}. [NL., from Gr. [?], the breast, chest.] 1. (Anat.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone. Note: The sternum is connected with the ribs or the pectorial girdle, or with both. In man it is a flat bone, broad anteriorly, narrowed behind, and connected with the clavicles and the cartilages of the seven anterior pairs of ribs. In most birds it has a high median keel for the attachment of the muscles of the wings. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod. | |
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Sternutation \Ster`nu*ta"tion\, n. [L. sternutatio, fr. sternutare to sneeze, intens. from sternuere.] The act of sneezing. --Quincy. | |
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Sternutative \Ster*nu"ta*tive\, a. Having the quality of provoking to sneeze. | |
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Sternutatory \Ster*nu"ta*to*ry\, a. Sternutative. -- n. A sternutatory substance or medicine. | |
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Sternway \Stern"way`\, n. (Naut.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost. | |
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Stern-wheel \Stern"-wheel`\, a. Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer. | |
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Stern-wheeler \Stern"-wheel`er\, n. A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. [Colloq. U.S.] | |
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Sterrink \Ster"rink\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The crab-eating seal ({Lobodon carcinophaga}) of the Antarctic Ocean. | |
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Sterrometal \Ster"ro*met`al\, n. [Gr. [?] firm, solid + E. metal.] Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made. | |
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Stir \Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st[94]ren, OHG. st[d3]ren to scatter, destroy. [fb]166.] 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move. My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. --Sir W. Temple. 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon. My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. --Shak. 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. Stir not questions of jurisdiction. --Bacon. 4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. [bd]To stir men to devotion.[b8] --Chaucer. An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak. And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden. Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke. | |
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Stirring \Stir"ring\, a. Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life. A more stirring and intellectual age than any which had gone before it. --Southey. Syn: Animating; arousing; awakening; stimulating; quickening; exciting. | |
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Store \Store\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storing}.] [OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore, store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in + staurare (in comp.) Cf. {Instore}, {Instaurate}, {Restore}, {Story} a floor.] 1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away. Dora stored what little she could save. --Tennyson. 2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time. Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior. Wise Plato said the world with men was stored. --Denham. Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish. --Sir M. Hale. 3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods. | |
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Storm \Storm\, n. {Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm}, {anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran}, etc. {Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See {Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\ . [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer, Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.) A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino compound containing benzol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local an[91]sthetic, esp. by injection into the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[91]sthesia below the point of introduction. | |
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Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. [?] assault, onset, Skr. s[?] to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [fb]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not. We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak. 2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak. Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak. 3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. --Pope. 4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like. {Magnetic storm}. See under {Magnetic}. {Storm-and-stress period} [a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century. {Storm center} (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent. {Storm door} (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer. | |
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Storm \Storm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stormed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storming}.] (Mil.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town. | |
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Storm \Storm\, v. i. [Cf. AS. styrman.] 1. To raise a tempest. --Spenser. 2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms. 3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume. The master storms, the lady scolds. --Swift. | |
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Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. [?] assault, onset, Skr. s[?] to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [fb]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not. We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak. 2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak. Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak. 3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. --Pope. 4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like. {Magnetic storm}. See under {Magnetic}. {Storm-and-stress period} [a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century. {Storm center} (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent. {Storm door} (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer. | |
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Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. [?] assault, onset, Skr. s[?] to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [fb]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not. We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak. 2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak. Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak. 3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. --Pope. 4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like. {Magnetic storm}. See under {Magnetic}. {Storm-and-stress period} [a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century. {Storm center} (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent. {Storm door} (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer. | |
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{Storm path} (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels. {Storm petrel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stormy petrel}, under {Petrel}. {Storm sail} (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather. {Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}. Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity. Usage: {Storm}, {Tempest}. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder. Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. --Pope. What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. --Donne. | |
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{Storm path} (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels. {Storm petrel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stormy petrel}, under {Petrel}. {Storm sail} (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather. {Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}. Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity. Usage: {Storm}, {Tempest}. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder. Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. --Pope. What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. --Donne. | |
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{Storm path} (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels. {Storm petrel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stormy petrel}, under {Petrel}. {Storm sail} (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather. {Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}. Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity. Usage: {Storm}, {Tempest}. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder. Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. --Pope. What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. --Donne. | |
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Scud \Scud\, n. 1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation. 2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind. Borne on the scud of the sea. --Longfellow. The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. --Sir S. Baker. 3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean. {Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}. | |
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{Storm path} (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels. {Storm petrel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stormy petrel}, under {Petrel}. {Storm sail} (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather. {Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}. Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity. Usage: {Storm}, {Tempest}. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder. Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. --Pope. What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. --Donne. | |
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Cloud \Cloud\ (kloud), n. [Prob. fr. AS. cl[umac]d a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.] 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) {Cirrus}. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) {Cumulus}. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) {Stratus}. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) {Nimbus}. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) {Cirro-cumulus}. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) {Cirro-stratus}. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) {Cumulo-stratus}. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- {Fog}, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- {Storm scud}, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind. 2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. [bd]A thick cloud of incense.[b8] --Ezek. viii. 11. 3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title. 4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect. 5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. [bd]So great a cloud of witnesses.[b8] --Heb. xii. 1. 6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. {Cloud on a} (or the) {title} (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. {To be under a cloud}, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. {In the clouds}, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary. | |
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Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. [?] assault, onset, Skr. s[?] to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [fb]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not. We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak. 2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak. Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak. 3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. --Pope. 4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like. {Magnetic storm}. See under {Magnetic}. {Storm-and-stress period} [a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century. {Storm center} (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent. {Storm door} (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer. | |
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Storm-beat \Storm"-beat`\, a. Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. --Spenser. | |
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Stormcock \Storm"cock`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The missel thrush. (b) The fieldfare. (c) The green woodpecker. | |
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Storm \Storm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stormed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storming}.] (Mil.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town. | |
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Stormfinch \Storm"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The storm petrel. | |
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Stormful \Storm"ful\, a. Abounding with storms. [bd]The stormful east.[b8] --Carlyle. -- {Storm"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Stormful \Storm"ful\, a. Abounding with storms. [bd]The stormful east.[b8] --Carlyle. -- {Storm"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Stormglass \Storm"glass`\, n. A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather. | |
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Stormy \Storm"y\, a. [Compar. {Stormier}; superl. {Stormiest}.] 1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. [bd]Beyond the stormy Hebrides.[b8] --Milton. 2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks. 3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions. Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Stormy \Storm"y\, a. [Compar. {Stormier}; superl. {Stormiest}.] 1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. [bd]Beyond the stormy Hebrides.[b8] --Milton. 2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks. 3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions. Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Stormily \Storm"i*ly\, adv. In a stormy manner. | |
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Storminess \Storm"i*ness\, n. The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness. | |
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Storming \Storm"ing\, a. & n. from {Storm}, v. {Storming party} (Mil.), a party assigned to the duty of making the first assault in storming a fortress. | |
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Storm \Storm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stormed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storming}.] (Mil.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town. | |
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Storming \Storm"ing\, a. & n. from {Storm}, v. {Storming party} (Mil.), a party assigned to the duty of making the first assault in storming a fortress. | |
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Stormless \Storm"less\, a. Without storms. --Tennyson. | |
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Stormwind \Storm"wind`\, n. A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm. --Longfellow. | |
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Stormy \Storm"y\, a. [Compar. {Stormier}; superl. {Stormiest}.] 1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. [bd]Beyond the stormy Hebrides.[b8] --Milton. 2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks. 3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions. Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Story \Sto"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Storied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storying}.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. --Shak. It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Strain \Strain\, n. (Hort.) A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated. | |
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Strain \Strain\, n. [See {Strene}.] 1. Race; stock; generation; descent; family. He is of a noble strain. --Shak. With animals and plants a cross between different varieties, or between individuals of the same variety but of another strain, gives vigor and fertility to the offspring. --Darwin. 2. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition. Intemperance and lust breed diseases, which, propogated, spoil the strain of nation. --Tillotson. 3. Rank; a sort. [bd]The common strain.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Strain \Strain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straining}.] [OF. estraindre, estreindre, F. [82]treindre, L. stringere to draw or bind tight; probably akin to Gr. [?] a halter, [?] that which is squeezwd out, a drop, or perhaps to E. strike. Cf. {Strangle}, {Strike}, {Constrain}, {District}, {Strait}, a. {Stress}, {Strict}, {Stringent}.] 1. To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument. [bd]To strain his fetters with a stricter care.[b8] --Dryden. 2. (Mech.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it. 3. To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously. He sweats, Strains his young nerves. --Shak. They strain their warbling throats To welcome in the spring. --Dryden. 4. To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person. There can be no other meaning in this expression, however some may pretend to strain it. --Swift. 5. To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship. 6. To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle. Prudes decayed about may track, Strain their necks with looking back. --Swift. 7. To squeeze; to press closely. Evander with a close embrace Strained his departing friend. --Dryden. 8. To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain. He talks and plays with Fatima, but his mirth Is forced and strained. --Denham. The quality of mercy is not strained. --Shak. 9. To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation. Note, if your lady strain his entertainment. --Shak. 10. To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth. {To strain a point}, to make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings. {To strain courtesy}, to go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others; -- often used ironically. --Shak. | |
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Strain \Strain\ (str[amac]n), v. i. 1. To make violent efforts. [bd]Straining with too weak a wing.[b8] --Pope. To build his fortune I will strain a little. --Shak. 2. To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil. | |
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Strain \Strain\, n. 1. The act of straining, or the state of being strained. Specifically: (a) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain. Whether any poet of our country since Shakespeare has exerted a greater variety of powers with less strain and less ostentation. --Landor. Credit is gained by custom, and seldom recovers a strain. --Sir W. Temple. (b) (Mech. Physics) A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress. --Rankine. 2. (Mus.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement. Their heavenly harps a lower strain began. --Dryden. 3. Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career. [bd]A strain of gallantry.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Such take too high a strain at first. --Bacon. The genius and strain of the book of Proverbs. --Tillotson. It [Pilgrim's Progress] seems a novelty, and yet contains Nothing but sound and honest gospel strains. --Bunyan. 4. Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st {Strain}. Because heretics have a strain of madness, he applied her with some corporal chastisements. --Hayward. | |
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Strainable \Strain"a*ble\ (-[adot]*b'l), a. 1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. --Holinshed. | |
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Strainably \Strain"a*bly\, adv. Violently. --Holinshed. | |
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Strain \Strain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straining}.] [OF. estraindre, estreindre, F. [82]treindre, L. stringere to draw or bind tight; probably akin to Gr. [?] a halter, [?] that which is squeezwd out, a drop, or perhaps to E. strike. Cf. {Strangle}, {Strike}, {Constrain}, {District}, {Strait}, a. {Stress}, {Strict}, {Stringent}.] 1. To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument. [bd]To strain his fetters with a stricter care.[b8] --Dryden. 2. (Mech.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it. 3. To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously. He sweats, Strains his young nerves. --Shak. They strain their warbling throats To welcome in the spring. --Dryden. 4. To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person. There can be no other meaning in this expression, however some may pretend to strain it. --Swift. 5. To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship. 6. To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle. Prudes decayed about may track, Strain their necks with looking back. --Swift. 7. To squeeze; to press closely. Evander with a close embrace Strained his departing friend. --Dryden. 8. To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain. He talks and plays with Fatima, but his mirth Is forced and strained. --Denham. The quality of mercy is not strained. --Shak. 9. To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation. Note, if your lady strain his entertainment. --Shak. 10. To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth. {To strain a point}, to make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings. {To strain courtesy}, to go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others; -- often used ironically. --Shak. | |
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Strained \Strained\, a. 1. Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends. 2. Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained. | |
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Strainer \Strain"er\, n. 1. One who strains. 2. That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid. | |
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Strain \Strain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straining}.] [OF. estraindre, estreindre, F. [82]treindre, L. stringere to draw or bind tight; probably akin to Gr. [?] a halter, [?] that which is squeezwd out, a drop, or perhaps to E. strike. Cf. {Strangle}, {Strike}, {Constrain}, {District}, {Strait}, a. {Stress}, {Strict}, {Stringent}.] 1. To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument. [bd]To strain his fetters with a stricter care.[b8] --Dryden. 2. (Mech.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it. 3. To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously. He sweats, Strains his young nerves. --Shak. They strain their warbling throats To welcome in the spring. --Dryden. 4. To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person. There can be no other meaning in this expression, however some may pretend to strain it. --Swift. 5. To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship. 6. To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle. Prudes decayed about may track, Strain their necks with looking back. --Swift. 7. To squeeze; to press closely. Evander with a close embrace Strained his departing friend. --Dryden. 8. To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain. He talks and plays with Fatima, but his mirth Is forced and strained. --Denham. The quality of mercy is not strained. --Shak. 9. To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation. Note, if your lady strain his entertainment. --Shak. 10. To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth. {To strain a point}, to make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings. {To strain courtesy}, to go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others; -- often used ironically. --Shak. | |
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Straining \Strain"ing\, a. & n. from {Strain}. {Straining piece} (Arch.), a short piece of timber in a truss, used to maintain the ends of struts or rafters, and keep them from slipping. See Illust. of {Queen-post}. | |
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Straining \Strain"ing\, a. & n. from {Strain}. {Straining piece} (Arch.), a short piece of timber in a truss, used to maintain the ends of struts or rafters, and keep them from slipping. See Illust. of {Queen-post}. | |
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Straint \Straint\ (str[amac]nt), n. [OF. estrainte, estreinte, F. [82]trainte. See 2nd {Strain}.] Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Stram \Stram\, v. t. [Cf. LG. strammen to strain, straiten, stretch, D. stram strained, tight, G. stramm.] To spring or recoil with violence. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Stram \Stram\, v. t. To dash down; to beat. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Stramash \Stram"ash\, v. t. [Cf. {Stramazoun}.] To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] | |
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Stramash \Stram"ash\, n. A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] --Barham. | |
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Stramazoun \Stram"a*zoun\, n. [F. estrama[87]on, It. stramazzone.] A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Stramineous \Stra*min"e*ous\, a. [L. stramineus, fr. stramen straw, fr. sternere, stratum, to spread out, to strew.] 1. Strawy; consisting of straw. --Robinson. 2. Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. --Burton. | |
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Stramonium \Stra*mo"ni*um\, n. [NL.; Cf. F. stramoine.] (Bot.) A poisonous plant ({Datura Stramonium}); stinkweed. See {Datura}, and {Jamestown weed}. | |
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Stramony \Stram"o*ny\, n. (Bot.) Stramonium. | |
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Strand \Strand\, n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. str[84]hne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. | |
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Strand \Strand\, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope). | |
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Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str[94]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. {Strand birds}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shore birds}, under {Shore}. {Strand plover} (Zo[94]l.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of {Plover}. {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the brown hyena. | |
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Strand \Strand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stranded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stranding}.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. | |
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Strand \Strand\, v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. | |
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Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str[94]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. {Strand birds}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shore birds}, under {Shore}. {Strand plover} (Zo[94]l.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of {Plover}. {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the brown hyena. | |
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Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str[94]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. {Strand birds}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shore birds}, under {Shore}. {Strand plover} (Zo[94]l.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of {Plover}. {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the brown hyena. | |
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Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [umac]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos, Skr. v[rsdot]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}), the American gray, or timber, wolf ({C. occidentalis}), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larv[91] of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf. 3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door. 4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries. 5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.] If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side. --Jer. Taylor. 6. (Mus.) (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale. 7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight. {Black wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees. (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf. {Golden wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis laniger}); -- called also {chanco}. {Indian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes}) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}. {Prairie wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the coyote. {Sea wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.) the striped hyena. {Tasmanian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the zebra wolf. {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena. {To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson. {Wolf dog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. {Wolf eel} (Zo[94]l.), a wolf fish. {Wolf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas}, especially the common species ({A. lupus}) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea wolf}, {stone biter}, and {swinefish}. {Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish. {Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Wolf spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or family {Lycosid[91]}. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App. {Zebra wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial ({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called also {Tasmanian wolf}. | |
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Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str[94]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. {Strand birds}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shore birds}, under {Shore}. {Strand plover} (Zo[94]l.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of {Plover}. {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the brown hyena. | |
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Strand \Strand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stranded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stranding}.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. | |
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Strand \Strand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stranded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stranding}.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. | |
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Strang \Strang\, a. [See {Strong}.] Strong. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell. | |
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Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.] [OE. estrange, F. [82]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See {Extra}, and cf. {Estrange}, {Extraneous}.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. [bd]To seek strange strands.[b8] --Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham. 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. --Shak. 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. [bd]He is sick of a strange fever.[b8] --Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne. 6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl. 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak. Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller. {Strange sail} (Naut.), an unknown vessel. {Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3. {To make it strange}. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To make strange}, {To make one's self strange}. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7. Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. | |
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Strange \Strange\, adv. Strangely. [Obs.] Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. --Shak. | |
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Strange \Strange\, v. t. To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.] | |
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Strange \Strange\, v. i. 1. To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.] 2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] --Glanvill. | |
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Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.] [OE. estrange, F. [82]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See {Extra}, and cf. {Estrange}, {Extraneous}.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. [bd]To seek strange strands.[b8] --Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham. 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. --Shak. 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. [bd]He is sick of a strange fever.[b8] --Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne. 6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl. 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak. Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller. {Strange sail} (Naut.), an unknown vessel. {Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3. {To make it strange}. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To make strange}, {To make one's self strange}. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7. Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. | |
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Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.] [OE. estrange, F. [82]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See {Extra}, and cf. {Estrange}, {Extraneous}.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. [bd]To seek strange strands.[b8] --Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham. 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. --Shak. 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. [bd]He is sick of a strange fever.[b8] --Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne. 6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl. 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak. Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller. {Strange sail} (Naut.), an unknown vessel. {Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3. {To make it strange}. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To make strange}, {To make one's self strange}. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7. Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. | |
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Strangely \Strange"ly\, adv. 1. As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly. You all look strangely on me. --Shak. I do in justice charge thee . . . That thou commend it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or end it. --Shak. 3. In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully. How strangely active are the arts of peace! --Dryden. It would strangely delight you to see with what spirit he converses. --Law. | |
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Strangeness \Strange"ness\, n. The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective). | |
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Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.] [OE. estrange, F. [82]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See {Extra}, and cf. {Estrange}, {Extraneous}.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. [bd]To seek strange strands.[b8] --Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham. 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. --Shak. 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. [bd]He is sick of a strange fever.[b8] --Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne. 6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl. 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak. Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller. {Strange sail} (Naut.), an unknown vessel. {Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3. {To make it strange}. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To make strange}, {To make one's self strange}. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7. Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. | |
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Stranger \Stran"ger\, v. t. To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Stranger \Stran"ger\, n. [OF. estrangier, F. [82]tranger. See {Strange}.] 1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically: (a) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. --Shak. (b) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country. (c) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance. Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, And strangers to the sun yet ripen here. --Granville. My child is yet a stranger in the world. --Shak. I was no stranger to the original. --Dryden. 2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger. --Milton. 3. (Law) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy. | |
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Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.] [OE. estrange, F. [82]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See {Extra}, and cf. {Estrange}, {Extraneous}.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. [bd]To seek strange strands.[b8] --Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham. 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. --Shak. 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. [bd]He is sick of a strange fever.[b8] --Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne. 6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl. 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak. Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller. {Strange sail} (Naut.), an unknown vessel. {Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3. {To make it strange}. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To make strange}, {To make one's self strange}. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7. Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. | |
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Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. [82]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. {Strain}, {String}.] 1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. --Ayliffe. 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak. 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. [bd]Strangle such thoughts.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated. | |
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Strangle hold \Stran"gle hold\ In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed. | |
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Strangleable \Stran"gle*a*ble\, a. Capable of being strangled. [R.] --Chesterfield. | |
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Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. [82]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. {Strain}, {String}.] 1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. --Ayliffe. 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak. 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. [bd]Strangle such thoughts.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Strangler \Stran"gler\, n. One who, or that which, strangles. [bd]The very strangler of their amity.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Strangles \Stran"gles\, n. A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells. | |
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Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. [82]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. {Strain}, {String}.] 1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. --Ayliffe. 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak. 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. [bd]Strangle such thoughts.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Strangulate \Stran"gu*late\, a. (Bot.) Strangulated. | |
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Strangulated \Stran"gu*la`ted\, a. 1. (Med.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. 2. (Bot.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. {Strangulated hernia}. (Med.) See under {Hernia}. | |
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Strangulated \Stran"gu*la`ted\, a. 1. (Med.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. 2. (Bot.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. {Strangulated hernia}. (Med.) See under {Hernia}. | |
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Hernia \Her"ni*a\, n.; pl. E. {Hernias}, L. {Herni[91]}. [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also {rupture}. {Strangulated hernia}, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter. | |
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Strangulation \Stran"gu*la`tion\, n. [L. strangulatio: cf. F. strangulation. See {Strangle}.] 1. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled. 2. (Med.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia. | |
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Strangurious \Stran*gu"ri*ous\, a. [L. stranguriosus.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to strangury. --Cheyne. | |
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Strangury \Stran"gu*ry\, n. [L. stranguria, Gr. [?]; [?], [?], a drop + [?] to make water, [?] urine: cf. F. strangurie. See {Strangle}, and {Urine}.] 1. (Med.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction. 2. (Bot.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it. | |
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Strany \Stra"ny\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The guillemot. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Stray \Stray\, a. [Cf. OF. estrai[82], p. p. of estraier. See {Stray}, v. i., and cf. {Astray}, {Estray}.] Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. {Stray line} (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned. {Stray mark} (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the stray line. | |
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Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Strayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straying}.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj., stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved road. See {Street}, and {Stray}, a.] 1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham. 2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray. Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak. A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak. 3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --[?][?][?] of Com. Prayer. While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. --Cowper. Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander. | |
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Stream \Stream\ (str[emac]m), n. [AS. stre[a0]m; akin to OFries. str[be]m, OS. str[d3]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[umac]m, Dan. & Sw. str[94]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [fb]174. Cf. {Catarrh}, {Diarrhea}, {Rheum}, {Rhythm}.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. 2. A beam or ray of light. [bd]Sun streams.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. [bd]The stream of beneficence.[b8] --Atterbury. [bd]The stream of emigration.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. [bd]The very stream of his life.[b8] --Shak. 5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. {Gulf stream}. See under {Gulf}. {Stream anchor}, {Stream cable}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}, and {Cable}. {Stream ice}, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. {Stream tin}, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. {Stream works} (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure. {To float with the stream}, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it. | |
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Stream \Stream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Streamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Streaming}.] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. --Milton. 2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. A thousand suns will stream on thee. --Tennyson. 3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate. 4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind. | |
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Stream \Stream\, v. t. To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of grace into my withered heart. --Spenser. 2. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts. The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. --Bacon. 3. To unfurl. --Shak. {To stream the buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}. | |
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Stream \Stream\ (str[emac]m), n. [AS. stre[a0]m; akin to OFries. str[be]m, OS. str[d3]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[umac]m, Dan. & Sw. str[94]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [fb]174. Cf. {Catarrh}, {Diarrhea}, {Rheum}, {Rhythm}.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. 2. A beam or ray of light. [bd]Sun streams.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. [bd]The stream of beneficence.[b8] --Atterbury. [bd]The stream of emigration.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. [bd]The very stream of his life.[b8] --Shak. 5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. {Gulf stream}. See under {Gulf}. {Stream anchor}, {Stream cable}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}, and {Cable}. {Stream ice}, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. {Stream tin}, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. {Stream works} (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure. {To float with the stream}, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it. | |
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Stream \Stream\ (str[emac]m), n. [AS. stre[a0]m; akin to OFries. str[be]m, OS. str[d3]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[umac]m, Dan. & Sw. str[94]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [fb]174. Cf. {Catarrh}, {Diarrhea}, {Rheum}, {Rhythm}.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. 2. A beam or ray of light. [bd]Sun streams.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. [bd]The stream of beneficence.[b8] --Atterbury. [bd]The stream of emigration.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. [bd]The very stream of his life.[b8] --Shak. 5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. {Gulf stream}. See under {Gulf}. {Stream anchor}, {Stream cable}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}, and {Cable}. {Stream ice}, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. {Stream tin}, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. {Stream works} (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure. {To float with the stream}, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it. | |
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Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), n. [F. c[83]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. 2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable. 3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}. {Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. {Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. {Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). {Cable tier}. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. {Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. {Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}. {To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. {To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. {To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die. | |
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Stream clock \Stream clock\ (Physiol.) An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel. | |
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Stream gold \Stream gold\ (Mining) Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold. | |
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Stream \Stream\ (str[emac]m), n. [AS. stre[a0]m; akin to OFries. str[be]m, OS. str[d3]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[umac]m, Dan. & Sw. str[94]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [fb]174. Cf. {Catarrh}, {Diarrhea}, {Rheum}, {Rhythm}.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. 2. A beam or ray of light. [bd]Sun streams.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. [bd]The stream of beneficence.[b8] --Atterbury. [bd]The stream of emigration.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. [bd]The very stream of his life.[b8] --Shak. 5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. {Gulf stream}. See under {Gulf}. {Stream anchor}, {Stream cable}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}, and {Cable}. {Stream ice}, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. {Stream tin}, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. {Stream works} (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure. {To float with the stream}, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it. | |
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Stream line \Stream line\ The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluid undisturbed by eddies or the like. | |
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Stream \Stream\ (str[emac]m), n. [AS. stre[a0]m; akin to OFries. str[be]m, OS. str[d3]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[umac]m, Dan. & Sw. str[94]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [fb]174. Cf. {Catarrh}, {Diarrhea}, {Rheum}, {Rhythm}.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. 2. A beam or ray of light. [bd]Sun streams.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. [bd]The stream of beneficence.[b8] --Atterbury. [bd]The stream of emigration.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. [bd]The very stream of his life.[b8] --Shak. 5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. {Gulf stream}. See under {Gulf}. {Stream anchor}, {Stream cable}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}, and {Cable}. {Stream ice}, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. {Stream tin}, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. {Stream works} (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure. {To float with the stream}, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it. | |
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Tin \Tin\, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. & Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4. 2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate. 3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield. {Block tin} (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and partially refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also {bar tin}. {Butter of tin}. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of Libavius}, under {Fuming}. {Grain tin}. (Metal.) See under {Grain}. {Salt of tin} (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so called when used as a mordant. {Stream tin}. See under {Stream}. {Tin cry} (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the crystal granules on each other. {Tin foil}, tin reduced to a thin leaf. {Tin frame} (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin ore. {Tin liquor}, {Tin mordant} (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing. {Tin penny}, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.] --Bailey. {Tin plate}, thin sheet iron coated with tin. {Tin pyrites}. See {Stannite}. | |
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Cassiterite \Cas*sit"er*ite\, n. [Gr. [?] tin.] (Min.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood ({wood tin}), also in rolled fragments or pebbly ({Stream tin}). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See {Black tin}, under {Black}. | |
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Stream wheel \Stream wheel\ A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a current wheel. | |
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Stream \Stream\ (str[emac]m), n. [AS. stre[a0]m; akin to OFries. str[be]m, OS. str[d3]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[umac]m, Dan. & Sw. str[94]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [fb]174. Cf. {Catarrh}, {Diarrhea}, {Rheum}, {Rhythm}.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. 2. A beam or ray of light. [bd]Sun streams.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. [bd]The stream of beneficence.[b8] --Atterbury. [bd]The stream of emigration.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. [bd]The very stream of his life.[b8] --Shak. 5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. {Gulf stream}. See under {Gulf}. {Stream anchor}, {Stream cable}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}, and {Cable}. {Stream ice}, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. {Stream tin}, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. {Stream works} (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure. {To float with the stream}, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it. | |
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Stream \Stream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Streamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Streaming}.] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. --Milton. 2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. A thousand suns will stream on thee. --Tennyson. 3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate. 4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind. | |
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Streamer \Stream"er\, n. 1. An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag. Brave Rupert from afar appears, Whose waving streamers the glad general knows. --Dryden. 3. A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. --Macaulay. While overhead the North's dumb streamers shoot. --Lowell. 3. (Mining) A searcher for stream tin. | |
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Streamful \Stream"ful\, a. Abounding in streams, or in water. [bd]The streamful tide.[b8] --Drayton. | |
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Streaminess \Stream"i*ness\, n. The state of being streamy; a trailing. --R. A. Proctor. | |
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Stream \Stream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Streamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Streaming}.] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. --Milton. 2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. A thousand suns will stream on thee. --Tennyson. 3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate. 4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind. | |
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Streaming \Stream"ing\, a. Sending forth streams. | |
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Streaming \Stream"ing\, n. 1. The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams. 2. (Mining) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin. | |
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Streamless \Stream"less\, a. Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel. | |
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Streamlet \Stream"let\, n. A small stream; a rivulet; a rill. | |
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Streamline \Stream"line`\, a. Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow that is free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline; hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as to afford an unbroken flow of a fluid about it, esp. when the resistance to flow is the least possible; as, a streamline body for an automobile or airship. | |
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Streamy \Stream"y\, a. 1. Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful. Arcadia However streamy now, adust and dry, Denied the goddess water. --Prior. 2. Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream. His nodding helm emits a streamy ray. --Pope. | |
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Streen \Streen\, n. See {Strene}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Strein \Strein\, v. t. To strain. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Strene \Strene\, n. [OE. stren, streen, streon, AS. gestri[82]nan, gestr[?]nan, gestre[a2]nan, to beget, to obtain, gestre[a2]n gain, wealth; akin to OHG. striunan to gain. Cf. {Strian} race, family.] Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Strenger \Stren"ger\, Strengest \Stren"gest\, the original compar. & superl. of {Strong}. [Obs.] Two of us shall strenger be than one. --Chaucer. | |
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Strenger \Stren"ger\, Strengest \Stren"gest\, the original compar. & superl. of {Strong}. [Obs.] Two of us shall strenger be than one. --Chaucer. | |
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Strength \Strength\, n. [OE. strengthe, AS. streng[edh]u, fr. strang strong. See {Strong}.] 1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment. All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were. --Chaucer. Thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty. --Milton. 2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to {frangibility}; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like. [bd]The brittle strength of bones.[b8] --Milton. 3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. [bd]Our castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn.[b8] --Shak. 4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument. 5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security. God is our refuge and strength. --Ps. xlvi. 1. What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be one of our principal strengths. --Sprat. Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation. --Jer. Taylor. 6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea? 7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work. And praise the easy vigor of a life Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. --Pope. 8. Intensity; -- said of light or color. Bright Ph[d2]bus in his strength. --Shak. 9. Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids. 10. A strong place; a stronghold. [Obs.] --Shak. {On}, [or] {Upon}, {the strength of}, in reliance upon. [bd]The allies, after a successful summer, are too apt, upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for the ensuing campaign.[b8] --Addison. Syn: Force; robustness; toughness; hardness; stoutness; brawniness; lustiness; firmness; puissance; support; spirit; validity; authority. See {Force}. | |
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Strength \Strength\, v. t. To strengthen. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Strengthen \Strength"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strengthened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strengthening}.] 1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. --Shak. 2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. --Deut. iii. 28. Syn: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage. | |
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Strengthen \Strength"en\, v. i. To grow strong or stronger. The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. --Pope. | |
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Strengthen \Strength"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strengthened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strengthening}.] 1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. --Shak. 2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. --Deut. iii. 28. Syn: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage. | |
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Strengthener \Strength"en*er\, n. One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Strengthening \Strength"en*ing\, a. That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- {Strength"en*ing*ly}, adv. {Strengthening plaster} (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects. | |
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Strengthen \Strength"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strengthened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strengthening}.] 1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. --Shak. 2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. --Deut. iii. 28. Syn: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage. | |
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Strengthening \Strength"en*ing\, a. That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- {Strength"en*ing*ly}, adv. {Strengthening plaster} (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects. | |
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Strengthening \Strength"en*ing\, a. That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- {Strength"en*ing*ly}, adv. {Strengthening plaster} (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects. | |
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Strengthful \Strength"ful\, a. Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. -- {Strength"ful*ness}, n. Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful. --Marston. | |
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Strengthful \Strength"ful\, a. Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. -- {Strength"ful*ness}, n. Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful. --Marston. | |
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Strengthing \Strength"ing\, n. A stronghold. [Obs.] | |
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Strengthless \Strength"less\, a. Destitute of strength. --Boyle. | |
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Strengthner \Strength"ner\, n. See {Strengthener}. | |
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Strengthy \Strength"y\, a. Having strength; strong. [Obs.] | |
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Strenuity \Stre*nu"i*ty\, n. [L. strenuatis.] Strenuousness; activity. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. [?] strong, hard, rough, harsh.] Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. --Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. --I. Taylor. -- {Stren"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Stren"u*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. [?] strong, hard, rough, harsh.] Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. --Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. --I. Taylor. -- {Stren"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Stren"u*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. [?] strong, hard, rough, harsh.] Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. --Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. --I. Taylor. -- {Stren"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Stren"u*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Strewing \Strew"ing\, n. 1. The act of scattering or spreading. 2. Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural. --Shak. | |
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Strew \Strew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strewed}; p. p. {strewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strewing}.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, stre[a2]wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str[be], Sw. str[94], Dan. str[94]e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. st[?]. [fb]166. Cf. {Stratum}, {Straw}, {Street}.] 1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave. And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. --Dryden. On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. --Beaconsfield. 2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. --Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? --Pope. 3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. She may strew dangerous conjectures. --Shak. | |
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Strewment \Strew"ment\, n. Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Strew \Strew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strewed}; p. p. {strewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strewing}.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, stre[a2]wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str[be], Sw. str[94], Dan. str[94]e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. st[?]. [fb]166. Cf. {Stratum}, {Straw}, {Street}.] 1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave. And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. --Dryden. On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. --Beaconsfield. 2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. --Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? --Pope. 3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. She may strew dangerous conjectures. --Shak. | |
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Strewn \Strewn\, p. p. of {Strew}. | |
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Strew \Strew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strewed}; p. p. {strewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strewing}.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, stre[a2]wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str[be], Sw. str[94], Dan. str[94]e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. st[?]. [fb]166. Cf. {Stratum}, {Straw}, {Street}.] 1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave. And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. --Dryden. On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. --Beaconsfield. 2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. --Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? --Pope. 3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. She may strew dangerous conjectures. --Shak. | |
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Strewn \Strewn\, p. p. of {Strew}. | |
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String \String\, n. 1. (a) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire. (b) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. 2. (Billiards & Pool) (a) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called also {string line}. (b) Act of stringing for break. 3. A hoax; a trumped-up or [bd]fake[b8] story. [Slang] | |
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String \String\, v. t. To hoax; josh; jolly. [Slang] | |
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String \String\, v. i. To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc. | |
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String \String\ (str[icr]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str[84]ng, Dan. str[91]ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E. strangle.] 1. A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string. --Shak. Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string. --Prior. 2. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments. [bd]A string of islands.[b8] --Gibbon. 3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. --Milton. 4. The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. [bd]An instrument of ten strings.[b8] --Ps. xxx. iii. 2. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still. --Milton. 5. The line or cord of a bow. --Ps. xi. 2. He twangs the grieving string. --Pope. 6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root. Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom. --Bacon. 7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body. The string of his tongue was loosed. --Mark vii. 35. 8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. 9. (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans. 10. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. --Ure. 11. (Arch.) Same as {Stringcourse}. 12. (Billiards) The points made in a game. {String band} (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments. {String beans}. (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings are stripped off. (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean. {To have two strings to one's bow}, to have a means or expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails. | |
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String \String\ (str[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[ucr]ng); p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[icr]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stringing}.] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? --Gay. 2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. --Addison. 3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads. 4. To make tense; to strengthen. Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. --Dryden. 5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See {String}, n., 9. | |
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String \String\ (str[icr]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str[84]ng, Dan. str[91]ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E. strangle.] 1. A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string. --Shak. Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string. --Prior. 2. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments. [bd]A string of islands.[b8] --Gibbon. 3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. --Milton. 4. The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. [bd]An instrument of ten strings.[b8] --Ps. xxx. iii. 2. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still. --Milton. 5. The line or cord of a bow. --Ps. xi. 2. He twangs the grieving string. --Pope. 6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root. Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom. --Bacon. 7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body. The string of his tongue was loosed. --Mark vii. 35. 8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. 9. (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans. 10. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. --Ure. 11. (Arch.) Same as {Stringcourse}. 12. (Billiards) The points made in a game. {String band} (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments. {String beans}. (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings are stripped off. (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean. {To have two strings to one's bow}, to have a means or expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails. | |
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String \String\ (str[icr]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str[84]ng, Dan. str[91]ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E. strangle.] 1. A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string. --Shak. Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string. --Prior. 2. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments. [bd]A string of islands.[b8] --Gibbon. 3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. --Milton. 4. The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. [bd]An instrument of ten strings.[b8] --Ps. xxx. iii. 2. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still. --Milton. 5. The line or cord of a bow. --Ps. xi. 2. He twangs the grieving string. --Pope. 6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root. Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom. --Bacon. 7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body. The string of his tongue was loosed. --Mark vii. 35. 8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. 9. (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans. 10. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. --Ure. 11. (Arch.) Same as {Stringcourse}. 12. (Billiards) The points made in a game. {String band} (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments. {String beans}. (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings are stripped off. (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean. {To have two strings to one's bow}, to have a means or expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails. | |
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String \String\, n. 1. (a) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire. (b) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. 2. (Billiards & Pool) (a) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called also {string line}. (b) Act of stringing for break. 3. A hoax; a trumped-up or [bd]fake[b8] story. [Slang] | |
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Stringboard \String"board`\ (-b[omac]rd`), n. Same as {Stringpiece}. | |
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Stringcourse \String"course`\ (-k[omac]rs`), n. (Arch.) A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work. | |
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String \String\ (str[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[ucr]ng); p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[icr]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stringing}.] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? --Gay. 2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. --Addison. 3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads. 4. To make tense; to strengthen. Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. --Dryden. 5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See {String}, n., 9. | |
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Stringed \Stringed\ (str[icr]ngd), a. 1. Having strings; as, a stringed instrument. --Ps. cl. 4. 2. Produced by strings. [bd]Answering the stringed noise.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Stringency \Strin"gen*cy\ (str[icr]n"j[eit]n*s[ycr]), n. The quality or state of being stringent. | |
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Stringent \Strin"gent\ (str[icr]n"j[eit]nt), a. [L. stringens, -entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See {Strain}.] Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure. --Macaulay. -- {Strin"gent*ly}, adv. -- {Strin"gent*ness}, n. | |
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Stringent \Strin"gent\ (str[icr]n"j[eit]nt), a. [L. stringens, -entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See {Strain}.] Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure. --Macaulay. -- {Strin"gent*ly}, adv. -- {Strin"gent*ness}, n. | |
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Stringent \Strin"gent\ (str[icr]n"j[eit]nt), a. [L. stringens, -entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See {Strain}.] Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure. --Macaulay. -- {Strin"gent*ly}, adv. -- {Strin"gent*ness}, n. | |
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Stringer \String"er\ (str[icr]ng"[etil]r), n. 1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. --Ascham. 2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper. 4. (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. 5. (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. | |
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Stringhalt \String"halt`\, n. (Far.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock. [Written also {springhalt}.] | |
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Stringiness \String"i*ness\, n. Quality of being stringy. | |
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String \String\ (str[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[ucr]ng); p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[icr]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stringing}.] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? --Gay. 2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. --Addison. 3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads. 4. To make tense; to strengthen. Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. --Dryden. 5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See {String}, n., 9. | |
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Stringless \String"less\, a. Having no strings. His tongue is now a stringless instrument. --Shak. | |
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Stringpiece \String"piece`\, n. (Arch.) (a) A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.: (b) One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs. | |
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Stringy \String"y\, a. 1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. 2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. {Stringy bark} (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as {E. amygdalina, obliqua, capitellata, macrorhyncha, piperita, pilularis, [and] tetradonta}), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth. | |
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Stringy \String"y\, a. 1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. 2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. {Stringy bark} (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as {E. amygdalina, obliqua, capitellata, macrorhyncha, piperita, pilularis, [and] tetradonta}), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth. | |
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Stroam \Stroam\, v. i. [Prov. E. strome to walk with long strides.] 1. To wander about idly and vacantly. [Obs.] 2. To take long strides in walking. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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d8Stroma \[d8]Stro"ma\, n.; pl. {Stromata}. [L., a bed covering, Gr. [?] a couch or bed.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. (b) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. 2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia. | |
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Harvest \Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[91]rfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. [?] fruit. Cf. {Carpet}.] 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen viii. 22. At harvest, when corn is ripe. --Tyndale. 2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath[?][?]ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. --Joel iii. 13. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. --Shak. 3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward. The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. --Fuller. The harvest of a quiet eye. --Wordsworth. {Harvest fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of the Southern United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. {Harvest fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus {Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}. {Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] --Tusser. {Harvest mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute European mite ({Leptus autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest bug}. {Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. {Harvest mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European field mouse ({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. {Harvest queen}, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton. {Harvest spider}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}. | |
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Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p[a0]mpano.] [Written also {pampano}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus {Trachynotus}, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also {palometa}. Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T. thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus}) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. 2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}), highly valued as a food fish. {Pompano shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [Florida] | |
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Dollar \Dol"lar\, n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See {Dale}.] 1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. (b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar. 2. A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries. 3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values. {Chop dollar}. See under 9th {Chop}. {Dollar fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the United States coast ({Stromateus triacanthus}), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also {butterfish}, and {Lafayette}. See {Butterfish}. {Trade dollar}, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy. | |
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Butterfish \But"ter*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the {Stromateus triacanthus} of the Atlantic coast, the {Epinephelus punctatus} of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand. | |
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Stromatic \Stro*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] coverlet of a bed, pl. [?] patchwork (for such a coverlet), also applied to several miscellaneous writings, fr. [?] anything spread out for resting upon, a bed, fr. [?] to spread out.] Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds. | |
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Stromatology \Stro`ma*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a bed + -logy.] (Geol.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks. | |
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Stromb \Stromb\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See {Conch}, and {Strombus}. | |
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Strombite \Strom"bite\, n. (Paleon.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus. | |
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Stromboid \Strom"boid\, a. [Strombus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus. | |
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Strombuliform \Strom*bu"li*form\, a. [NL. strombulus, dim. of strombus + -form. See {Strombus}.] 1. (Geol.) Formed or shaped like a top. 2. (Bot.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix. | |
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Fountain \Foun"tain\ (foun"t[icr]n), n. [F. fontaine, LL. fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis. See 2d {Fount}.] 1. A spring of water issuing from the earth. 2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament. 3. A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc. 4. The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source. Judea, the fountain of the gospel. --Fuller. Author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself invisible. --Milton. {Air fountain}. See under {Air}. {Fountain heead}, primary source; original; first principle. --Young. {Fountain inkstand}, an inkstand having a continual supply of ink, as from elevated reservoir. {Fountain lamp}, a lamp fed with oil from an elevated reservoir. {Fountain pen}, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which furnishes a supply of ink. {Fountain pump}. (a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump. (b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for watering plants, etc. {Fountain shell} (Zo[94]l.), the large West Indian conch shell ({Strombus gigas}). {Fountain of youth}, a mythical fountain whose waters were fabled to have the property of renewing youth. | |
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Stromeyerite \Stro"mey`er*ite\, n. [So named from the German chemist Friedrich Stromeyer.] (Min.) A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper. | |
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Strond \Strond\, n. Strand; beach. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Strong \Strong\, a. [Compar. {Stronger}; superl. {Strongest}.] [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. str[84]ng strict, severe. Cf. {Strength}, {Stretch}, {String}.] 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. That our oxen may be strong to labor. --Ps. cxliv. 14. Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. --Dryden. 2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health. 3. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town. 4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea. 5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants. 6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong. 7. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide. 8. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language. 9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory. Her mother, ever strong against that match. --Shak. 10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. 11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors. 12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent. 13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. --Heb. v. 12. 14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief. 15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. --Heb. v. 7. 16. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. --Dryden. 17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful. Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. --E. Smith. 18. (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market. 19. (Gram.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See {Weak}. (b) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. --F. A. March. {Strong conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also {old, [or] irregular, conjugation}, and distinguished from the {weak, [or] regular, conjugation}. Note: Strong is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, strong-backed, strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored, strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed, strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc. Syn: Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular; forcible; cogent; valid. See {Robust}. | |
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Strong \Strong\, a. [Compar. {Stronger}; superl. {Strongest}.] [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. str[84]ng strict, severe. Cf. {Strength}, {Stretch}, {String}.] 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. That our oxen may be strong to labor. --Ps. cxliv. 14. Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. --Dryden. 2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health. 3. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town. 4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea. 5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants. 6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong. 7. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide. 8. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language. 9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory. Her mother, ever strong against that match. --Shak. 10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. 11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors. 12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent. 13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. --Heb. v. 12. 14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief. 15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. --Heb. v. 7. 16. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. --Dryden. 17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful. Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. --E. Smith. 18. (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market. 19. (Gram.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See {Weak}. (b) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. --F. A. March. {Strong conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also {old, [or] irregular, conjugation}, and distinguished from the {weak, [or] regular, conjugation}. Note: Strong is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, strong-backed, strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored, strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed, strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc. Syn: Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular; forcible; cogent; valid. See {Robust}. | |
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Drink \Drink\, n. 1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions. Give me some drink, Titinius. --Shak. 2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out. {Drink money}, [or] {Drink penny}, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity. {Drink offering} (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service. {In drink}, drunk. [bd]The poor monster's in drink.[b8] --Shak. {Strong drink}, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. [bd] Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.[b8] --Prov. xx. 1. | |
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Strong \Strong\, a. [Compar. {Stronger}; superl. {Strongest}.] [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. str[84]ng strict, severe. Cf. {Strength}, {Stretch}, {String}.] 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. That our oxen may be strong to labor. --Ps. cxliv. 14. Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. --Dryden. 2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health. 3. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town. 4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea. 5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants. 6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong. 7. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide. 8. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language. 9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory. Her mother, ever strong against that match. --Shak. 10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. 11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors. 12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent. 13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. --Heb. v. 12. 14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief. 15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. --Heb. v. 7. 16. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. --Dryden. 17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful. Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. --E. Smith. 18. (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market. 19. (Gram.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See {Weak}. (b) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. --F. A. March. {Strong conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also {old, [or] irregular, conjugation}, and distinguished from the {weak, [or] regular, conjugation}. Note: Strong is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, strong-backed, strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored, strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed, strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc. Syn: Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular; forcible; cogent; valid. See {Robust}. | |
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Strong \Strong\, a. [Compar. {Stronger}; superl. {Strongest}.] [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. str[84]ng strict, severe. Cf. {Strength}, {Stretch}, {String}.] 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. That our oxen may be strong to labor. --Ps. cxliv. 14. Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. --Dryden. 2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health. 3. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town. 4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea. 5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants. 6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong. 7. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide. 8. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language. 9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory. Her mother, ever strong against that match. --Shak. 10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. 11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors. 12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent. 13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. --Heb. v. 12. 14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief. 15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. --Heb. v. 7. 16. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. --Dryden. 17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful. Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. --E. Smith. 18. (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market. 19. (Gram.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See {Weak}. (b) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. --F. A. March. {Strong conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also {old, [or] irregular, conjugation}, and distinguished from the {weak, [or] regular, conjugation}. Note: Strong is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, strong-backed, strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored, strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed, strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc. Syn: Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular; forcible; cogent; valid. See {Robust}. | |
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Stronghand \Strong"hand`\, n. Violence; force; power. It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand. --Sir W. Raleigh. | |
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Stronghold \Strong"hold`\, n. A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security. | |
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Hold \Hold\, n. 1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay. Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. --Chaucer. Thou should'st lay hold upon him. --B. Jonson. My soul took hold on thee. --Addison. Take fast hold of instruction. --Pror. iv. 13. 2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. The law hath yet another hold on you. --Shak. 3. Binding power and influence. Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. --Tillotson. 4. Something that may be grasped; means of support. If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. --Bacon. 5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. --Acts. iv. 3. King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. --Shak. 6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a {stronghold}. --Chaucer. New comers in an ancient hold --Tennyson. 7. (Mus.) A character [thus [?]] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also {pause}, and {corona}. | |
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Stronghold \Strong"hold`\, n. A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security. | |
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Hold \Hold\, n. 1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay. Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. --Chaucer. Thou should'st lay hold upon him. --B. Jonson. My soul took hold on thee. --Addison. Take fast hold of instruction. --Pror. iv. 13. 2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. The law hath yet another hold on you. --Shak. 3. Binding power and influence. Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. --Tillotson. 4. Something that may be grasped; means of support. If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. --Bacon. 5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. --Acts. iv. 3. King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. --Shak. 6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a {stronghold}. --Chaucer. New comers in an ancient hold --Tennyson. 7. (Mus.) A character [thus [?]] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also {pause}, and {corona}. | |
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Strongish \Strong"ish\, a. Somewhat strong. | |
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Strongly \Strong"ly\, adv. In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly. | |
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Strong-minded \Strong"-mind`ed\, a. Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- {Strong"-mind`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Strong-minded \Strong"-mind`ed\, a. Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- {Strong"-mind`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Strong-water \Strong"-wa`ter\, n. 1. An acid. [Obs.] 2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor. | |
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Strongylid \Stron"gy*lid\, a. & n. (Zo[94]l.) Strongyloid. | |
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Strongyloid \Stron"gy*loid\, a. [NL. Strongylus the genus (from Gr. [?] round) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like, or pertaining to, {Strongylus}, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n. A strongyloid worm. | |
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Strongyloid \Stron"gy*loid\, a. [NL. Strongylus the genus (from Gr. [?] round) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like, or pertaining to, {Strongylus}, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n. A strongyloid worm. | |
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Palisade \Pal`i*sade"\, n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See {Pale} a stake.] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense. 2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes. {Palisade cells} (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves. {Palisade worm} (Zo[94]l.), a nematoid worm ({Strongylus armatus}), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal. | |
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Lungworm \Lung"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle ({Strongylus micrurus}) and that of sheep ({S. filaria}) are the best known. | |
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Strontia \Stron"ti*a\, n. [NL. strontia, fr. Strontian, in Argyleshire, Scotland, where strontianite was first found.] (Chem.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium. | |
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Strontian \Stron"ti*an\, n. (Min.) Strontia. | |
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Strontianite \Stron"ti*an*ite\, n. (Min.) Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals. | |
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Strontic \Stron"tic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium. | |
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Strontitic \Stron*tit"ic\, a. Strontic. | |
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Strontium \Stron"ti*um\, n. [NL. See {Strontia}.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3. | |
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Strow \Strow\, v. t. [imp. {Strowed}; p. p. {Strown}[or] {Strowed}.] Same as {Strew}. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa. --Milton. A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished. --M. Arnold. | |
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Strown \Strown\, p. p. of {Strow}. | |
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Strum \Strum\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Strummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strumming}.] [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. {Thrum}.] To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano. | |
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Strumatic \Stru*mat"ic\, a. Scrofulous; strumous. | |
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Strum \Strum\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Strummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strumming}.] [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. {Thrum}.] To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano. | |
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Strum \Strum\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Strummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strumming}.] [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. {Thrum}.] To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano. | |
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Strumose \Stru*mose"\, a. [L. strumosus: cf. F. strumeux.] 1. (Med.) Strumous. 2. (Bot.) Having a struma. | |
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Strumous \Stru"mous\, a. (Med.) Scrofulous; having struma. | |
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Strumousness \Stru"mous*ness\, n. The state of being strumous. | |
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Strumpet \Strum"pet\, n. [OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch, stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir. striopach a prostitute.] A prostitute; a harlot. --Shak. | |
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Strumpet \Strum"pet\, a. Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet. Out on thy more than strumpet impudence. --B. Jonson. | |
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Strumpet \Strum"pet\, v. t. 1. To 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. | |
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Strumstrum \Strum"strum\, n. A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern. [R.] --Dampier. | |
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Strung \Strung\, imp. & p. p. of {String}. | |
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String \String\ (str[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[ucr]ng); p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[icr]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stringing}.] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? --Gay. 2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. --Addison. 3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads. 4. To make tense; to strengthen. Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. --Dryden. 5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See {String}, n., 9. | |
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Strunt \Strunt\, n. Spirituous liquor. [Scot.] --Burns. | |
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Struntian \Strun"tian\, n. A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sturionian \Stu`ri*o"ni*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow ground.[b8] --Milton. Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}. {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes. {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See {Grass}. {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}. (b) The American coot ({Fulica}). (c) The clapper rail. {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black crescent. {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola}, as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}. {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes. {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite. {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}. {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe. {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species. {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}. {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}. {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel. {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sturnoid \Stur"noid\, a. [L. sturnus a starling + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like or pertaining to the starlings. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Starling \Star"ling\, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[91]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[91]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to {Sturnus} and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris}) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also {stare}, and {starred}. The pied starling of India is {Sternopastor contra}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A California fish; the rock trout. 3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also {sterling}. {Rose-colored starling}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pastor}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Styrolene \Sty"ro*lene\, n. (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, {C8H8}, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also {phenyl ethylene}, {vinyl benzene}, {styrol}, {styrene}, and {cinnamene}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Styrone \Sty"rone\, n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; -- properly called {cinnamic, [or] styryl, alcohol}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scotrun, PA Zip code(s): 18355 | |
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South Orange, NJ (CDP, FIPS 69270) Location: 40.74900 N, 74.26162 W Population (1990): 16390 (5488 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07079 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Range, MI (village, FIPS 75220) Location: 47.07035 N, 88.64461 W Population (1990): 745 (390 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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South Renovo, PA (borough, FIPS 72448) Location: 41.32444 N, 77.74253 W Population (1990): 579 (252 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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South Yarmouth, MA (CDP, FIPS 66035) Location: 41.67014 N, 70.20074 W Population (1990): 10358 (7783 housing units) Area: 18.1 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southern Pines, NC (town, FIPS 63120) Location: 35.18355 N, 79.40221 W Population (1990): 9129 (4438 housing units) Area: 26.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28387 | |
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Southern Shops, SC (CDP, FIPS 67750) Location: 34.98575 N, 81.99480 W Population (1990): 3378 (1311 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southern Shores, NC (town, FIPS 63130) Location: 36.11871 N, 75.73318 W Population (1990): 1447 (1452 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27949 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southern View, IL (village, FIPS 70759) Location: 39.75810 N, 89.65207 W Population (1990): 1906 (833 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62703 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stearns, KY (CDP, FIPS 73362) Location: 36.69497 N, 84.47803 W Population (1990): 1550 (659 housing units) Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42647 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stearns County, MN (county, FIPS 145) Location: 45.55451 N, 94.61004 W Population (1990): 118791 (43806 housing units) Area: 3482.5 sq km (land), 117.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stirum, ND Zip code(s): 58069 | |
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Storm Lake, IA (city, FIPS 75630) Location: 42.64502 N, 95.19985 W Population (1990): 8769 (3557 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50588 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stormville, NY Zip code(s): 12582 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strandburg, SD (town, FIPS 61980) Location: 45.04335 N, 96.76102 W Population (1990): 74 (39 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57265 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strandquist, MN (city, FIPS 63112) Location: 48.48996 N, 96.44809 W Population (1990): 98 (53 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56758 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strang, NE (village, FIPS 47360) Location: 40.41509 N, 97.58711 W Population (1990): 42 (22 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68444 Strang, OK (town, FIPS 70750) Location: 36.41116 N, 95.13447 W Population (1990): 141 (60 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74367 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strange Creek, WV Zip code(s): 26639 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strawn, IL (village, FIPS 73131) Location: 40.65269 N, 88.39895 W Population (1990): 132 (49 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61775 Strawn, KS Zip code(s): 66839 Strawn, TX (city, FIPS 70580) Location: 32.55078 N, 98.49778 W Population (1990): 709 (359 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76475 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Streamwood, IL (village, FIPS 73157) Location: 42.02060 N, 88.17333 W Population (1990): 30987 (10324 housing units) Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60107 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stringer, MS Zip code(s): 39481 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stringtown, OK (town, FIPS 70850) Location: 34.46528 N, 96.05320 W Population (1990): 366 (203 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74569 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stromsburg, NE (city, FIPS 47465) Location: 41.11633 N, 97.59055 W Population (1990): 1241 (564 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68666 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stronach, MI Zip code(s): 49660 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strong, AR (city, FIPS 67370) Location: 33.10804 N, 92.35937 W Population (1990): 624 (303 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71765 Strong, ME Zip code(s): 04983 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strong City, KS (city, FIPS 68625) Location: 38.39565 N, 96.53646 W Population (1990): 617 (285 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66869 Strong City, OK (town, FIPS 70950) Location: 35.67005 N, 99.60007 W Population (1990): 49 (25 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73628 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stronghurst, IL (village, FIPS 73261) Location: 40.74664 N, 90.90939 W Population (1990): 799 (369 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61480 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strongstown, PA Zip code(s): 15957 | |
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Strongsville, OH (city, FIPS 75098) Location: 41.31270 N, 81.83212 W Population (1990): 35308 (13099 housing units) Area: 63.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44136 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strum, WI (village, FIPS 77825) Location: 44.55290 N, 91.38618 W Population (1990): 949 (388 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54770 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Strunk, KY Zip code(s): 42649 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SDRAM {Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SDR-RAM {Single Data Rate Random Access Memory} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
shadow ram to store frequently accessed {ROM} code to speed up operation. (1995-01-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
star network direct connection (only) to the central node, which might be a {hub}, {switch}, or {server}. (1999-10-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
StarMOD {*MOD} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
store and forward passing} system where a complete message is received before it is passed on to the next node. This means that each message is using at most one interprocessor link at any time but may require more storage buffers on intermediate nodes than the alternative, {wormhole routing}. (1995-02-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Strand 1. {AND-parallel} {logic programming} language. Essentially flat {Parlog83} with sequential-and and sequential-or eliminated. ["Strand: New Concepts on Parallel Programming", Ian Foster et al, P-H 1990]. {Strand88} is a commercial implementation. 2. A query language, implemented on top of {INGRES} (an {RDBMS}). ["Modelling Summary Data", R. Johnson, Proc ACM SIGMOD Conf 1981]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Strand88 A commercial implementation of {Strand} from Strand Software Technologies Ltd., UK and Strand Software, Beaverton, OR, USA. E-mail: | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Strawman The first of the series of {DoD} requirements that led to {Ada} ({Woodenman}, {Tinman}, {Ironman}, {Steelman}). Strawman was produced by the {HOLWG} in Apr 1975. (1995-01-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
STREAM ["STREAM: A Scheme Language for Formally Describing Digital Circuits", C.D. Kloos in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, LNCS 259, Springer 1987]. (1995-01-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
stream 1. data from a source (or sender, producer) to a single sink (or receiver, consumer). A stream usually flows through a channel of some kind, as opposed to {packet}s which may be addressed and routed independently, possibly to multiple recipients. Streams usually require some mechanism for establishing a channel or a "{connection}" between the sender and receiver. 2. library functions, a stream is associated with a file or device which has been opened using {fopen}. Characters may be read from (written to) a stream without knowing their actual source (destination) and buffering is provided transparently by the library routines. 3. modular {device driver} mechanism "{STREAMS}". 4. stream is a {full-duplex} processing and data transfer path between a driver in {kernel space} and a process in {user space}. [IBM AIX 3.2 Communication Programming Concepts, SC23-2206-03]. 5. 6. (1996-11-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
STREAM ["STREAM: A Scheme Language for Formally Describing Digital Circuits", C.D. Kloos in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, LNCS 259, Springer 1987]. (1995-01-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
stream 1. data from a source (or sender, producer) to a single sink (or receiver, consumer). A stream usually flows through a channel of some kind, as opposed to {packet}s which may be addressed and routed independently, possibly to multiple recipients. Streams usually require some mechanism for establishing a channel or a "{connection}" between the sender and receiver. 2. library functions, a stream is associated with a file or device which has been opened using {fopen}. Characters may be read from (written to) a stream without knowing their actual source (destination) and buffering is provided transparently by the library routines. 3. modular {device driver} mechanism "{STREAMS}". 4. stream is a {full-duplex} processing and data transfer path between a driver in {kernel space} and a process in {user space}. [IBM AIX 3.2 Communication Programming Concepts, SC23-2206-03]. 5. 6. (1996-11-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
streaming it is downloaded over the {Internet} as opposed to storing it in a local file first. A {plug-in} to a {web browser} such as {Netscape Navigator} decompresses and plays the data as it is transferred to your computer over the {World-Wide Web}. Streaming audio or video avoids the delay entailed in downloading an entire file and then playing it with a {helper application}. Streaming requires a fast connection and a computer powerful enough to execute the decompression {algorithm} in {real time}. (1996-11-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Streaming SIMD Extensions {SIMD} extention of their {Pentium} {microprocessor} architecture. SSE was formerly know as KNI (Katmai New Instructions). It was introduced with the {Pentium III}. {Intel Pentium III (http://developer.intel.com/design/pentiumiii/prodbref/)}. {ipoem (http://www.ipoem.com/technology/Docs/pentium4.html)}. (2003-07-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
stream-oriented {connection-oriented} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
STREAMS resources, and kernel utility routines that can create, use, and dismantle a {stream}. A "stream head" provides the interface between the stream and the user processes. Its principal function is to process STREAMS-related user system calls. A "stream module" processes data that travel bewteen the stream head and driver. The "stream end" provides the services of an external input/output device or an internal software driver. The internal software driver is commonly called a {pseudo-device} driver. The STREAMS concept has been formalised in {Unix} {System V}. For example, {SVR4} implements {sockets} and {pipes} using STREAMS, resulting in pipe(2) openning bidirectional pipes. [IBM AIX 3.2 Communication Programming Concepts, SC23-2206-03]. (1999-06-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
strength reduction An optimisation where a function of some systematically changing variable is calculated more efficiently by using previous values of the function. In a {procedural language} this would apply to an expression involving a loop variable and in a {declarative language} it would apply to the argument of a {recursive} function. E.g. f x = ... (2**x) ... (f (x+1)) ... ==> f x = f' x (2**x) where f ' x z = ... z ... (f' (x+1) 2*z) ... Here the expensive operation (2**x) has been replaced by the cheaper 2*z in the recursive function f'. This maintains the invariant that z = 2**x for any call to f'. (1995-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
string which usually stand for {characters} (a "character string"). The {mapping} between values and characters is determined by the {character set} which is itself specified implcitly or explicitly by the environment in which the string is being interpreted. The most common character set is {ASCII} but, since the late 1990s, there has been increased interest in larger character sets such as {Unicode} where each character is represented by more than eight {bits}. Most programming languages consider strings (e.g. "124:shabooya:\n", "hello world") basically distinct from numbers which are typically stored in fixed-length {binary} or {floating-point} representation. A {bit string} is a sequence of {bit}s. (1999-12-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
String EXpression Interpreter {String Oriented Symbolic Language} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
STring Oriented Interactive Compiler Astrophysical Observatory. STOIC is similar to {FORTH} for strings and includes many {VAX}-specific items. (1998-09-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
String Oriented Symbolic Language formula manipulation written by David Farber, Ralph Griswold, and I. Polonsky of {Bell Labs} in 1962-3. SNOBOL had only simple {control structures} but provided a rich string-matching formalism of power comparable to {regular expressions} but implementated differently. People used it for simple {natural language processing} analysis tasks well into the 1980s. Since then, {Perl} has come into favour for such tasks. SNOBOL was originally called "SEXI" - String EXpression Interpreter. In spite of the suggestive name, SNOBOL is not related to {COBOL}. Implementations include (in no particular order): {SNOBOL2}, {SNOBOL3}, {SNOBOL4}, {FASBOL}, {SITBOL}, {MAINBOL}, {SPITBOL} and {vanilla}. See also {EZ}, {Poplar}, {SIL} and {Icon}. ["SNOBOL, A String Manipulating Language", R. Griswold et al, J ACM 11(1):21, Jan 1964]. [When and why was SEXI renamed?] (1998-03-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
String PRocessING language ["From SPRING to SUMMER: Design, Definition and Implementation of Programming Languages for String Manipulation and Pattern Matching", Paul Klint, Math Centre, Amsterdam 1982]. (1996-02-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
string reduction A {reduction system} where an expression is represented as a string of function names, constants and parentheses. It is reduced by replacing parts of the string representing subterms by their value. It is harder to represent sharing of subexpressions in string reduction than in {graph reduction}. (1995-02-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
strong typing exceptions. All types are known at {compile time}, i.e. are {statically bound}. With variables that can store values of more than one type, incorrect type usage can be detected at {run time}. Strong typing catches more errors at compile time than {weak typing}, resulting in fewer run-time {exceptions}. The languages {Ada}, {Java}, and {Haskell} are strongly typed. {Pascal} is (almost) strongly typed. {C} and {C++} are sometimes described as strongly typed, but are perhaps better described as {weakly typed}. (2000-07-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
StrongARM Corporation} and {Advanced RISC Machines} Ltd. (ARM) announced on 1995-02-06 licensing the {ARM} {RISC} architecture to {Digital Semiconductor} for the development of high-performance, low power {microprocessors}. The StrongARM family of 32-bit RISC products developed under the agreement are faster versions of the existing ARM processors with a somewhat different {instruction set}. They are targetted at applications such as next-generation {personal digital assistants} with improved user interfaces and communications; {interactive television} and set-top products; video games and {multimedia} {edutainment} systems with realistic imaging, motion and sound; and digital imaging, including low cost digital image capture and photo-quality scanning and printing. The StrongARM family has limited software compatibility with the {ARM6}, {ARM7} and {ARM8} families due to its separate {caches} for data and instructions which causes {self-modifying code} to fail. The {SA-110} is the first member of the family. (1998-09-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
strongly connected component (SCC) A subset, S, of the nodes of a {directed graph} such that any node in S is reachable from any other node in S and S is not a subset of any larger such set. SCCs are {equivalence class}es under the {transitive closure} of the "directly connected to" {relation}. (1995-02-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
strongly typed {strong typing} | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
strontium Symbol: Sr Atomic number: 38 Atomic weight: 87.62 Soft yellowish metallic element, belongs to group 2 of the periodic table. Highly reactive chemically. Sr-90 is present in radioactive fallout and has a half-life of 28 years. Discovered in 1798 by Klaproth and Hope, isolated in 1808 by Humphry Davy. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Star, Morning a name figuratively given to Christ (Rev. 22:16; comp. 2 Pet. 1:19). When Christ promises that he will give the "morning star" to his faithful ones, he "promises that he will give to them himself, that he will give to them himself, that he will impart to them his own glory and a share in his own royal dominion; for the star is evermore the symbol of royalty (Matt. 2:2), being therefore linked with the sceptre (Num. 24:17). All the glory of the world shall end in being the glory of the Church." Trench's Comm. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Strain at Simply a misprint for "strain out" (Matt. 23:24). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Stranger This word generally denotes a person from a foreign land residing in Palestine. Such persons enjoyed many privileges in common with the Jews, but still were separate from them. The relation of the Jews to strangers was regulated by special laws (Deut. 23:3; 24:14-21; 25:5; 26:10-13). A special signification is also sometimes attached to this word. In Gen. 23:4 it denotes one resident in a foreign land; Ex. 23:9, one who is not a Jew; Num. 3:10, one who is not of the family of Aaron; Ps. 69:8, an alien or an unknown person. The Jews were allowed to purchase strangers as slaves (Lev. 25:44, 45), and to take usury from them (Deut. 23:20). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Stream of Egypt (Isa. 27:12), the Wady el-'Arish, called also "the river of Egypt," R.V., "brook of Egypt" (Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4; 2 Kings 24:7). It is the natural boundary of Egypt. Occasionally in winter, when heavy rains have fallen among the mountains inland, it becomes a turbulent rushing torrent. The present boundary between Egypt and Palestine is about midway between el-'Arish and Gaza. |