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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Strutting \Strut"ting\, a. & n. from {Strut}, v. -- {Strut"ting*ly}, adv. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Strut \Strut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strutting}.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.] 1. To swell; to bulge out. [R.] The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden. 2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity. Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait? --Shak. | |
