satiric
         adj 1: exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign
                  of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine" [syn:
                  {satirical}, {satiric}]

English Dictionary: Strukturierungskonzept	by the DICT Development Group
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satirical adj exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine" Synonym(s): satirical, satiric
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satirically adv in a satirical manner; "she spoke satirically"
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satirise v ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" Synonym(s): satirize, satirise, lampoon
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satirist n a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm [syn: satirist, ironist, ridiculer]
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satirize v ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" Synonym(s): satirize, satirise, lampoon
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Satureja n savory [syn: Satureja, genus Satureja, Satureia, genus Satureia]
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Satureja acinos n fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and- white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America Synonym(s): basil thyme, basil balm, mother of thyme, Acinos arvensis, Satureja acinos
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Satureja calamintha glandulosa n low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States Synonym(s): lesser calamint, field balm, Calamintha nepeta, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta, Satureja calamintha glandulosa
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Satureja calamintha officinalis n mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe [syn: common calamint, Calamintha sylvatica, Satureja calamintha officinalis]
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Satureja douglasii n trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers; used medicinally Synonym(s): yerba buena, Micromeria chamissonis, Micromeria douglasii, Satureja douglasii
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Satureja grandiflora n aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran Synonym(s): large- flowered calamint, Calamintha grandiflora, Clinopodium grandiflorum, Satureja grandiflora
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Satureja hortensis n erect annual herb with oval leaves and pink flowers; used to flavor e.g. meats or soups or salads; southeastern Europe and naturalized elsewhere Synonym(s): summer savory, Satureja hortensis, Satureia hortensis
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Satureja montana n erect perennial subshrub having pink or white flowers and leathery leaves with a flavor of thyme; southern Europe Synonym(s): winter savory, Satureja montana, Satureia montana
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Satureja nepeta n low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States Synonym(s): lesser calamint, field balm, Calamintha nepeta, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta, Satureja calamintha glandulosa
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Satureja vulgaris n aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia Synonym(s): wild basil, cushion calamint, Clinopodium vulgare, Satureja vulgaris
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satyriasis n abnormally intense sexual desire in men
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satyric adj of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr; "this satyric old man pursues young girls" Synonym(s): satyric, satyrical
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satyrical adj of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr; "this satyric old man pursues young girls" Synonym(s): satyric, satyrical
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scatter rug n a small rug; several can be used in a room [syn: {scatter rug}, throw rug]
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scattergood n someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spendthrift, spend-all, spender, scattergood]
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scattergun n firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges Synonym(s): shotgun, scattergun
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scattershot adj covering a wide range in a haphazard way
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scut work n trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work" Synonym(s): scut work, shitwork
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see through v support financially through a period of time; "The scholarship saw me through college"; "This money will see me through next month" perceive the true nature of; "We could see through her apparent calm" remain with until completion; "I must see the job through"
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see-through adj so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" Synonym(s): diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
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Setaria glauca n common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas Synonym(s): yellow bristlegrass, yellow bristle grass, yellow foxtail, glaucous bristlegrass, Setaria glauca
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Sheetrock n a kind of plasterboard
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shitwork n trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work" Synonym(s): scut work, shitwork
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side horse n a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end Synonym(s): pommel horse, side horse
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siderochrestic anaemia n refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow Synonym(s): sideroblastic anemia, sideroblastic anaemia, siderochrestic anemia, siderochrestic anaemia
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siderochrestic anemia n refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow Synonym(s): sideroblastic anemia, sideroblastic anaemia, siderochrestic anemia, siderochrestic anaemia
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siderocyte n an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin
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siderosis n fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers
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skeeter hawk n slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. Synonym(s): dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk
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South Yorkshire n a metropolitan county in northern England
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stair-carpet n a strip of carpet for laying on stairs
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staircase n a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps Synonym(s): stairway, staircase
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stairs n a flight of stairs or a flight of steps [syn: stairs, steps]
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Star Chamber n a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments
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star chart n a chart showing the relative positions of the stars in a particular part of the sky
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star grass n any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic Synonym(s): colicroot, colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India Synonym(s): Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, star grass, Cynodon dactylon perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill Synonym(s): windmill grass, creeping windmill grass, star grass, Chloris truncata
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star jasmine n evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers Synonym(s): star jasmine, confederate jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoides
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star sapphire n a sapphire that when cut shows a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure
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star saxifrage n small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe Synonym(s): star saxifrage, starry saxifrage, Saxifraga stellaris
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star shell n an artillery shell containing an illuminant
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star sign n (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided Synonym(s): sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
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star-glory n tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere Synonym(s): cypress vine, star- glory, Indian pink, Ipomoea quamoclit, Quamoclit pennata
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star-shaped adj shaped like a star Synonym(s): asteroid, star-shaped
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Star-Spangled Banner n the national flag of the United States of America [syn: American flag, Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory]
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starch n a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles Synonym(s): starch, amylum a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering v stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"
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starch wheat n hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed Synonym(s): emmer, starch wheat, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum
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starches n foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)
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starchless adj lacking starch Antonym(s): starchy
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starchlike adj resembling starch [syn: starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous]
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starchy adj consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods" [ant: starchless] rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" Synonym(s): starchy, stiff, buckram
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stargaze v observe the stars have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy Synonym(s): dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze
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stargazer n someone indifferent to the busy world; "in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence" Synonym(s): lotus-eater, stargazer a physicist who studies astronomy Synonym(s): astronomer, uranologist, stargazer heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
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stargazing n observation of the stars
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stark adv completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open" adj devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" Synonym(s): blunt, crude(a), stark(a) severely simple; "a stark interior" Synonym(s): austere, severe, stark, stern complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast" without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" Synonym(s): arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" Synonym(s): bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark
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stark naked adj (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare- assed}, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
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starkers adj (British informal) stark naked
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Starkey n rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) [syn: Starr, Ringo Starr, Starkey, Richard Starkey]
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starkly adv in a stark manner; "He was starkly unable to achieve coherence" in sharp outline or contrast; "the black walls rose starkly from the snow" in a blunt manner; "in starkly realistic terms"
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starkness n the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections" Synonym(s): starkness, absoluteness, utterness an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room" Synonym(s): bareness, starkness
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starry saxifrage n small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe Synonym(s): star saxifrage, starry saxifrage, Saxifraga stellaris
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Stars and Bars n the first flag of the Confederate States of America [syn: Stars and Bars, Confederate flag]
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Stars and Stripes n the national flag of the United States of America [syn: American flag, Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory]
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starship n a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) Synonym(s): starship, spaceship
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staurikosaur n primitive dinosaur found in Brazil [syn: staurikosaur, staurikosaurus]
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staurikosaurus n primitive dinosaur found in Brazil [syn: staurikosaur, staurikosaurus]
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stearic adj of or relating to or composed of fat
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stearic acid n a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats Synonym(s): stearic acid, octadecanoic acid
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steerage n the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship the act of steering a ship Synonym(s): steering, steerage
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steerageway n (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
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steersman n the person who steers a ship [syn: helmsman, steersman, steerer]
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stercobilinogen n a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine Synonym(s): urobilinogen, stercobilinogen
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stercolith n a hard mass of fecal matter [syn: coprolith, fecalith, faecalith, stercolith]
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Stercorariidae n jaegers and skuas: [syn: Stercorariidae, {family Stercorariidae}]
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Stercorarius n type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers [syn: Stercorarius, genus Stercorarius]
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Stercorarius parasiticus n a variety of jaeger [syn: parasitic jaeger, {arctic skua}, Stercorarius parasiticus]
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sterculia n any tree of the genus Sterculia
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Sterculia acerifolia n south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers Synonym(s): flame tree, flame durrajong, Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia
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Sterculia apetala n large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk Synonym(s): Panama tree, Sterculia apetala
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sterculia family n a large family of plants of order Malvales [syn: Sterculiaceae, family Sterculiaceae, sterculia family]
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Sterculia foetida n large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food Synonym(s): kalumpang, Java olives, Sterculia foetida
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sterculia gum n exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics Synonym(s): sterculia gum, karaya gum
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Sterculia rupestris n large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia Synonym(s): Queensland bottletree, narrow-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton rupestris, Sterculia rupestris
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Sterculiaceae n a large family of plants of order Malvales [syn: Sterculiaceae, family Sterculiaceae, sterculia family]
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stereo system n reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound Synonym(s): stereo, stereophony, stereo system, stereophonic system
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stereoscope n an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs
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stereoscopic adj of or relating to a stereoscope; "stereoscopic lenses" of or relating to stereoscopy; "stereoscopic vision"
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stereoscopic photograph n two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together Synonym(s): stereo, stereoscopic picture, stereoscopic photograph
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stereoscopic picture n two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together Synonym(s): stereo, stereoscopic picture, stereoscopic photograph
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stereoscopic vision n three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina Synonym(s): stereoscopic vision, stereoscopy
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stereoscopy n three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina Synonym(s): stereoscopic vision, stereoscopy
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Stereospondyli n formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece; "most vertebrates are stereospondylous" Synonym(s): Stereospondyli, order Stereospondyli
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stirk n yearling heifer or bullock
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storage n the act of storing something a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" Synonym(s): storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" Synonym(s): memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing" Synonym(s): repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing
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storage allocation n (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions Synonym(s): allocation, storage allocation
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storage area n the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo [syn: cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area]
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storage battery n a voltaic battery that stores electric charge [syn: storage battery, accumulator]
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storage cell n a cell that can be recharged [syn: storage cell, secondary cell]
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storage device n a device that preserves information for retrieval [syn: memory device, storage device]
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storage locker n a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock Synonym(s): cabinet, locker, storage locker
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storage medium n a medium for storing information [syn: storage medium, data-storage medium]
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storage ring n container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut- shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used
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storage room n a room in which things are stored [syn: storeroom, storage room, stowage]
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storage space n the area in any structure that provides space for storage
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storage tank n a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids Synonym(s): tank, storage tank
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storage warehouse n a storehouse for goods and merchandise [syn: warehouse, storage warehouse]
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storage-battery grid n a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material Synonym(s): grid, storage-battery grid
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storax n a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax
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storax family n a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales Synonym(s): Styracaceae, family Styracaceae, storax family, styrax family
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store cheese n informal names for American cheddar [syn: rat cheese, store cheese]
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storehouse n a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" Synonym(s): storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store
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storekeeper n a merchant who owns or manages a shop [syn: shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper]
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stork n large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white- and-black plumage
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storksbill n any of various plants of the genus Erodium [syn: storksbill, heron's bill]
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Strachey n English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932) Synonym(s): Strachey, Lytton Strachey, Giles Lytton Strachey
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straggle n a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers" v wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle] go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" Synonym(s): sprawl, straggle
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straggler n someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler, strayer]
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straggling adj spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" Synonym(s): sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly
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stragglingly adv in a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods" Synonym(s): raggedly, stragglingly
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straggly adj spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" Synonym(s): sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy"
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straight adv without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" Synonym(s): directly, straight, direct in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" Synonym(s): directly, flat, straight Antonym(s): indirectly in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight" adj successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" Synonym(s): straight, consecutive having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" Antonym(s): crooked (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" Antonym(s): curly erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" Synonym(s): straight, unbent, unbowed in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" Synonym(s): straight, square Antonym(s): corrupt, crooked no longer coiled Synonym(s): uncoiled, straight Antonym(s): coiled free from curves or angles; "a straight line" Antonym(s): curved, curving neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now" not homosexual accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" Synonym(s): true, straight without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" Synonym(s): square(a), straightforward, straight without water; "took his whiskey neat" Synonym(s): neat, straight, full-strength following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning" rigidly conventional or old-fashioned Synonym(s): square, straight n a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex Synonym(s): heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse Synonym(s): straightaway, straight
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straight and narrow n the way of proper and honest behavior; "he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow" Synonym(s): straight and narrow, strait and narrow
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straight angle n an angle of 180 degrees
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straight arch n an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados Synonym(s): flat arch, straight arch
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straight arrow n a frank and honest person [syn: square shooter, {straight shooter}, straight arrow] Antonym(s): liar, prevaricator
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straight chain n an open chain of atoms with no side chains
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straight chair n a straight-backed chair without arms [syn: {straight chair}, side chair]
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straight face n a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement
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straight flush n a poker hand with consecutive cards in the same suit
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straight flute n a rock drill with flutes that are straight [syn: {straight flute}, straight-fluted drill]
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straight hang n a hang performed on the rings or parallel bars with the body erect and the arms at the sides
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straight life insurance n insurance on the life of the insured for a fixed amount at a definite premium that is paid each year in the same amount during the entire lifetime of the insured Synonym(s): whole life insurance, ordinary life insurance, straight life insurance
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straight line n a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line" Antonym(s): curve, curved shape
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straight man n a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian [syn: straight man, second banana]
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straight off adv without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" Synonym(s): immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot
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straight person n a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex Synonym(s): heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
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straight pin n pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end; used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together
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straight poker n poker in which each player gets 5 cards face down and bets are made without drawing any further cards
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straight razor n a razor with a straight cutting edge enclosed in a case that forms a handle when the razor is opened for use
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straight shooter n a frank and honest person [syn: square shooter, {straight shooter}, straight arrow] Antonym(s): liar, prevaricator
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straight sinus n an unpaired sinus of the dura mater [syn: straight sinus, tentorial sinus, sinus rectus]
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straight thrust n (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward Synonym(s): lunge, straight thrust, passado
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straight ticket n a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party Antonym(s): split ticket
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straight-arm n (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent
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straight-backed adv in a straight-backed manner; "the old man still walks erectly" Synonym(s): erectly, straight-backed adj having a straight back; "a straight-backed wooden chair"; "a slim straight-backed dancer"
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straight-billed adj having a straight beak
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straight-fluted drill n a rock drill with flutes that are straight [syn: {straight flute}, straight-fluted drill]
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straight-from-the-shoulder adj characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" Synonym(s): blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight- from-the-shoulder
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straight-grained adj of timber; having fibers that run in parallel
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straight-laced adj exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" Synonym(s): priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
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straight-legged adj having straight legs
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straight-line method n (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life Synonym(s): straight-line method, straight-line method of depreciation
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straight-line method of depreciation n (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life Synonym(s): straight-line method, straight-line method of depreciation
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straight-out adj without reservation or exception [syn: outright, straight-out, unlimited]
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straightarrow adj conventionally moral and upright
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straightaway adv without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" Synonym(s): immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot adj performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" Synonym(s): immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway n a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: straightaway, straight]
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straightedge n hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)
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straighten v straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] Antonym(s): bend, flex make straight Synonym(s): straighten, straighten out get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" Synonym(s): tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" Synonym(s): roll out, straighten make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
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straighten out v settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements" Synonym(s): iron out, straighten out, put right extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?" Synonym(s): disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out Antonym(s): entangle, mat, snarl, tangle change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" Synonym(s): reform, straighten out, see the light make straight Synonym(s): straighten, straighten out make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" Synonym(s): clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" Synonym(s): tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
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straighten up v straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior" Synonym(s): draw up, pull up, straighten up
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straightener n a device for straightening; "a hair straightener"
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straightforward adj free from ambiguity; "a straightforward set of instructions" without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" Synonym(s): square(a), straightforward, straight without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs" Synonym(s): aboveboard, straightforward pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"
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straightforwardly adv with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues" Synonym(s): squarely, foursquare, straightforwardly
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straightforwardness n the quality of being direct and straightforward; "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness" Synonym(s): downrightness, straightforwardness without hypocrisy; "the singleness of his motives could not be questioned" Synonym(s): singleness, straightforwardness
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straightjacket n a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person Synonym(s): straitjacket, straightjacket
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straightlaced adj exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" Synonym(s): priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
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straightness n (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl [ant: curliness, waviness] freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles Antonym(s): crookedness trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim" Synonym(s): directness, straightness Antonym(s): indirectness having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants" Synonym(s): good faith, straightness a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex Synonym(s): heterosexuality, heterosexualism, straightness
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straightway adv at once; "straightway the clouds began to scatter" in a direct course; "plunged straightway to the rocks below"
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strake n thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship Synonym(s): wale, strake
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Strasberg n United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982) Synonym(s): Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg
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Strasbourg n city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port Synonym(s): Strasbourg, Strassburg
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Strassburg n city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port Synonym(s): Strasbourg, Strassburg
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Strauss n German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949) Synonym(s): Strauss, Richard Strauss Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899) Synonym(s): Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Younger Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849) Synonym(s): Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Elder
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Strauss the Elder n Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849) [syn: Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Elder]
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Strauss the Younger n Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899) Synonym(s): Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Younger
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straw-colored adj having the color of dry straw [syn: straw-colored, straw-coloured]
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straw-coloured adj having the color of dry straw [syn: straw-colored, straw-coloured]
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streak n an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" Synonym(s): streak, run a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness" a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" Synonym(s): stripe, streak, bar a sudden flash (as of lightning) v move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky" run naked in a public place mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained Synonym(s): mottle, streak, blotch
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streaked adj marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations; "streaked hair"; "fat legs and dirty streaky faces" Synonym(s): streaked, streaky
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streaker n someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place
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streaky adj marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations; "streaked hair"; "fat legs and dirty streaky faces" Synonym(s): streaked, streaky
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Streisand n United States singer and actress (born in 1942) [syn: Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Barbra Joan Streisand]
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Strekelia n a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family [syn: Strekelia, genus Strekelia]
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Strekelia formosissima n Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower Synonym(s): Jacobean lily, Aztec lily, Strekelia formosissima
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stress n the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" Synonym(s): stress, emphasis, accent (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor" Synonym(s): tension, tenseness, stress special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" Synonym(s): stress, focus difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson Synonym(s): stress, strain (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area" v to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" Synonym(s): stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" Synonym(s): stress, accent, accentuate test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" Synonym(s): try, strain, stress
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stress fracture n fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury Synonym(s): fatigue fracture, stress fracture
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stress incontinence n urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining
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stress mark n a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
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stress test n a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress
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stressed adj suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing" Synonym(s): stressed, distressed bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'" Synonym(s): stressed, accented Antonym(s): unstressed
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stressful adj extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office" Synonym(s): nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, trying
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stressor n any agent that causes stress to an organism
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streusel n pastry with a topping of streusel a crumbly topping for a pastry
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stricken adj grievously affected especially by disease [syn: afflicted, stricken] (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" Synonym(s): smitten, stricken, struck put out of action (by illness) Synonym(s): laid low(p), stricken
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Strickland n United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854) Synonym(s): Strickland, William Strickland
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strickle n an implement for sharpening scythes a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand v level off with a strickle in a measuring container; "strickle sand" smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" Synonym(s): strickle, strike
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strict adj rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" Synonym(s): rigorous, strict (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules" Synonym(s): hard-and-fast, strict characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint Synonym(s): nonindulgent, strict Antonym(s): indulgent incapable of compromise or flexibility Synonym(s): rigid, strict severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" Synonym(s): stern, strict, exacting
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strictly adv restricted to something; "we talked strictly business" Synonym(s): strictly, purely in a stringent manner; "the laws are stringently enforced"; "stringently controlled" Synonym(s): strictly, stringently in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the monks" Synonym(s): rigorously, strictly
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strictly speaking adv in actual fact; "properly speaking, they are not husband and wife" Synonym(s): properly speaking, strictly speaking, to be precise
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strictness n conscientious attention to rules and details [syn: strictness, stringency] uncompromising resolution Synonym(s): sternness, strictness
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stricture n abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: stenosis, stricture] severe criticism
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Strigidae n a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes [syn: Strigidae, family Strigidae]
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Strigiformes n owls Synonym(s): Strigiformes, order Strigiformes
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strike n a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" Synonym(s): strike, work stoppage an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn" a gentle blow Synonym(s): rap, strike, tap a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame" Synonym(s): strike, ten-strike (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" Synonym(s): hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang v deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" Synonym(s): affect, impress, move, strike hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" Synonym(s): hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with Antonym(s): miss make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" Synonym(s): strike, hit indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck" affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" Synonym(s): hit, strike stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met" Synonym(s): strike, walk out touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" Synonym(s): fall, shine, strike attain; "The horse finally struck a pace" Synonym(s): come to, strike produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note" Synonym(s): strike, hit cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc" find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" Synonym(s): fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" Synonym(s): strike, scratch, expunge, excise cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" Synonym(s): hit, strike, come to drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" Synonym(s): hit, strike occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" Synonym(s): assume, take, strike, take up form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" Synonym(s): mint, coin, strike smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" Synonym(s): strickle, strike pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats" arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
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strike a blow v affect adversely; "The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws"
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strike a chord v create an emotional response; "The music struck a chord with the listeners" refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!" Synonym(s): hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" Synonym(s): strike a chord, touch a chord
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strike a note v refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!" Synonym(s): hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note
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strike back v make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing" Synonym(s): retaliate, strike back
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strike down v declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" Synonym(s): cancel, strike down cause to die, especially suddenly; "The disease struck down many young men in the village" cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" Synonym(s): fell, drop, strike down, cut down
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strike dumb v render speechless, as by surprising or shocking; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement"
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strike hard v deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room" Synonym(s): knock, strike hard
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strike home v refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!" Synonym(s): hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note
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strike leader n someone who leads a strike
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strike off v remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list" Synonym(s): cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark
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strike out v remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list" Synonym(s): cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning" be unsuccessful in an endeavor; "The candidate struck out with his health care plan" make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" Synonym(s): retire, strike out set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own"
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strike pay n money paid to strikers from union funds
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strike up v start playing; "The musicians struck up a tune" [syn: sound off, strike up] begin; "strike up a conversation"; "strike up a friendship"
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strike zone n (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike
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strike-slip fault n a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
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strikebound adj closed or immobilized by a strike; "a strikebound airline"
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strikebreaker n someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike Synonym(s): scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat
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strikebreaking n confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers
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strikeout n an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
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striker n a forward on a soccer team someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating an employee on strike against an employer someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters" Synonym(s): hitter, striker the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
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striking adj sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation" Synonym(s): dramatic, spectacular, striking having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" Synonym(s): outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking n the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" Synonym(s): contact, impinging, striking the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" Synonym(s): hit, hitting, striking
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strikingly adv in a striking manner; "this was strikingly demonstrated"; "the evidence was strikingly absent"
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strikingness n the state of being salient [syn: salience, saliency, strikingness] the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly Synonym(s): boldness, strikingness
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Strix n owls lacking ear tufts Synonym(s): Strix, genus Strix
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Strix aluco n reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes Synonym(s): tawny owl, Strix aluco
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Strix nebulosa n large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia Synonym(s): great grey owl, great gray owl, Strix nebulosa
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Strix occidentalis n a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest Synonym(s): spotted owl, Strix occidentalis
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Strix varia n large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown Synonym(s): barred owl, Strix varia
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Strizostedion vitreum glaucum n variety inhabiting the Great Lakes [syn: blue pike, {blue pickerel}, blue pikeperch, blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum]
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stroke n (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" Synonym(s): stroke, shot the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam Synonym(s): throw, stroke, cam stroke a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain Synonym(s): stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA a light touch a light touch with the hands Synonym(s): stroke, stroking (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes" the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" Synonym(s): accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information Synonym(s): solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; "she applied the paint in careful strokes" any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing a single complete movement v touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard" strike a ball with a smooth blow row at a particular rate treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"
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stroke play n golf scoring by total strokes taken [syn: medal play, stroke play]
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stroking n a light touch with the hands Synonym(s): stroke, stroking
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struck adj (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" Synonym(s): smitten, stricken, struck
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structural adj relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure; "structural unemployment in a technological society" relating to or having or characterized by structure; "structural engineer"; "structural errors"; "structural simplicity" affecting or involved in structure or construction; "the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements"; "structural damage" concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study pertaining to geological structure; "geomorphological features of the Black Hills"; "morphological features of granite"; "structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface" Synonym(s): geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals; "morphological differences" Synonym(s): morphologic, morphological, structural
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structural anthropology n an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena Synonym(s): structuralism, structural anthropology
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structural formula n an expanded molecular formula showing the arrangement of atoms within the molecule
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structural gene n a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide
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structural genomics n the branch of genomics that determines the three- dimensional structures of proteins
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structural iron n iron that has been cast or worked in structural shapes
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structural linguistics n linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse Synonym(s): structuralism, structural linguistics
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structural member n support that is a constituent part of any structure or building
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structural sociology n a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals Synonym(s): structuralism, structural sociology
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structural steel n a strong steel that is rolled into shapes that are used in construction
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structuralism n linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse Synonym(s): structuralism, structural linguistics an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena Synonym(s): structuralism, structural anthropology a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals Synonym(s): structuralism, structural sociology
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structurally adv with respect to structure; "structurally, the organization is healthy"
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structure n a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" Synonym(s): structure, construction the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" Synonym(s): structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family" Synonym(s): social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure v give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"
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structured adj having definite and highly organized structure; "a structured environment" Antonym(s): unstructured resembling a living organism in organization or development; "society as an integrated whole" Synonym(s): integrated, structured
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struggle n an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" Synonym(s): struggle, battle an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" Synonym(s): conflict, struggle, battle strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" v make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" Synonym(s): fight, struggle to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope" climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling Synonym(s): clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" Synonym(s): contend, fight, struggle
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struggler n a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort
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struggling adj engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists"
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strychnine n an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant
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sturgeon n large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
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Styracaceae n a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales Synonym(s): Styracaceae, family Styracaceae, storax family, styrax family
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styracosaur n an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous Synonym(s): styracosaur, styracosaurus
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styracosaurus n an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous Synonym(s): styracosaur, styracosaurus
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styrax n any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage
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styrax family n a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales Synonym(s): Styracaceae, family Styracaceae, storax family, styrax family
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Styrax japonicum n shrubby tree of China and Japan [syn: Japanese snowbell, Styrax japonicum]
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Styrax obassia n small tree native to Japan [syn: snowbell, {Styrax obassia}]
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Styrax texana n styrax of southwestern United States; a threatened species Synonym(s): Texas snowbell, Texas snowbells, Styrax texana
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sutura coronalis n the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull Synonym(s): coronal suture, sutura coronalis
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sutura sagittalis n the suture uniting the two parietal bones [syn: {sagittal suture}, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis]
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sweater girl n a girl with an attractive bust who wears tight sweaters
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sweet reseda n Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance Synonym(s): mignonette, sweet reseda, Reseda odorata
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sweet rocket n long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America Synonym(s): damask violet, Dame's violet, sweet rocket, Hesperis matronalis
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Yellowtail \Yel"low*tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of             the genus {Seriola}; especially, the large California             species ({S. dorsalis}) which sometimes weighs thirty or             forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; --             called also {cavasina}, and {white salmon}.       (b) The mademoiselle, or silver perch.       (c) The menhaden.       (d) The runner, 12.       (e) A California rockfish ({Sebastodes flavidus}).       (f) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}).          Note: Several other fishes are also locally called                yellowtail.
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Eider \Ei"der\, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [91][?]r; akin to       Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any species of sea duck of the genus {Somateria}, esp.       {Somateria mollissima}, which breeds in the northern parts of       Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken       from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called       also {eider duck}. The American eider ({S. Dresseri}), the       king eider ({S. spectabilis}), and the spectacled eider       ({Arctonetta Fischeri}) are related species.          {Eider down}. [Cf. Icel. [91][eb]ard[d4]n, Sw. eiderd[d4]n,             Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after             as an article of luxury.
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Satiric \Sa*tir"ic\, Satirical \Sa*tir"ic*al\, a. [L. satiricus:       cf. F. satirique.]       1. Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a             satiric style.          2. Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.             [bd]Satirical rogue.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: Cutting; caustic; poignant; sarcastic; ironical; bitter;                reproachful; abusive. -- {Sa*tir"ic*al*ly}, adv. --                {Sa*tir"ic*al*ness}, n.
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Satiric \Sa*tir"ic\, Satirical \Sa*tir"ic*al\, a. [L. satiricus:       cf. F. satirique.]       1. Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a             satiric style.          2. Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.             [bd]Satirical rogue.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: Cutting; caustic; poignant; sarcastic; ironical; bitter;                reproachful; abusive. -- {Sa*tir"ic*al*ly}, adv. --                {Sa*tir"ic*al*ness}, n.
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Satiric \Sa*tir"ic\, Satirical \Sa*tir"ic*al\, a. [L. satiricus:       cf. F. satirique.]       1. Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a             satiric style.          2. Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.             [bd]Satirical rogue.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: Cutting; caustic; poignant; sarcastic; ironical; bitter;                reproachful; abusive. -- {Sa*tir"ic*al*ly}, adv. --                {Sa*tir"ic*al*ness}, n.
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Satiric \Sa*tir"ic\, Satirical \Sa*tir"ic*al\, a. [L. satiricus:       cf. F. satirique.]       1. Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a             satiric style.          2. Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.             [bd]Satirical rogue.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: Cutting; caustic; poignant; sarcastic; ironical; bitter;                reproachful; abusive. -- {Sa*tir"ic*al*ly}, adv. --                {Sa*tir"ic*al*ness}, n.
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Satirist \Sat"ir*ist\, n. [Cf. F. satiriste.]       One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.                   The mighty satirist, who . . . had spread terror                through the Whig ranks.                           --Macaulay.
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Satirize \Sat"ir*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Satirized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Satirizing}.] [Cf. F. satiriser.]       To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to       censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.                   It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished                vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished                virtues.                                                --Swift.
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Satirize \Sat"ir*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Satirized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Satirizing}.] [Cf. F. satiriser.]       To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to       censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.                   It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished                vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished                virtues.                                                --Swift.
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Satirize \Sat"ir*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Satirized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Satirizing}.] [Cf. F. satiriser.]       To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to       censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.                   It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished                vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished                virtues.                                                --Swift.
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Satyric \Sa*tyr"ic\, Satyrical \Sa*tyr"ic*al\, a. [L. satyricus,       Gr. satyriko`s.]       Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy.       --P. Cyc.
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Satyric \Sa*tyr"ic\, Satyrical \Sa*tyr"ic*al\, a. [L. satyricus,       Gr. satyriko`s.]       Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy.       --P. Cyc.
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Scattergood \Scat"ter*good`\, n.       One who wastes; a spendthrift.
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Scaturiginous \Scat`u*rig"i*nous\, a. [L. scaturiginosus, fr.       scaturigo gushing water. See {Scaturient}.]       Abounding with springs. [Obs.]
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Sciatheric \Sci`a*ther"ic\, Sciatherical \Sci`a*ther"ic*al\, a.       [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a sundial; [?] a shadow + [?] to hunt, to       catch.]       Belonging to a sundial. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --       {Sci`a*ther"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --J. Gregory.
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Sciatheric \Sci`a*ther"ic\, Sciatherical \Sci`a*ther"ic*al\, a.       [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a sundial; [?] a shadow + [?] to hunt, to       catch.]       Belonging to a sundial. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --       {Sci`a*ther"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --J. Gregory.
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Sciatheric \Sci`a*ther"ic\, Sciatherical \Sci`a*ther"ic*al\, a.       [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a sundial; [?] a shadow + [?] to hunt, to       catch.]       Belonging to a sundial. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --       {Sci`a*ther"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --J. Gregory.
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Sciotheric \Sci`o*ther"ic\, a. [Cf. L. sciothericon a sundial.       See {Sciatheric}.]       Of or pertaining to a sundial.          {Sciotheric telescope} (Dialing), an instrument consisting of             a horizontal dial, with a telescope attached to it, used             for determining the time, whether of day or night.
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Sciotheric \Sci`o*ther"ic\, a. [Cf. L. sciothericon a sundial.       See {Sciatheric}.]       Of or pertaining to a sundial.          {Sciotheric telescope} (Dialing), an instrument consisting of             a horizontal dial, with a telescope attached to it, used             for determining the time, whether of day or night.
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Sea dragon \Sea" drag"on\ (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A dragonet, or sculpin.       (b) The pegasus.
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Sea drake \Sea" drake`\ (Zo[94]l.)       The pewit gull.
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Sea otter \Sea" ot"ter\ (Zo[94]l.)       An aquatic carnivore ({Enhydris lutris, [or] marina}) found       in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued,       especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter,       but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.          {Sea-otter's cabbage} (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific             Ocean ({Nereocystis Lutkeana}). See {Nereocystis}.
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{Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria             glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly             eaten by pigeons and other birds.          {Pigeon hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The                   adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with                   black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked                   with brown. The tail is banded.             (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox,                   [or] fuscus}).          {Pigeon hole}.             (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.             (b) See {Pigeonhole}.             (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled                   through little arches. --Halliwell.          {Pigeon house}, a dovecote.          {Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of             pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the             plant itself.          {Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African             species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C.             luteus}).          {Pigeon tremex}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tremex}.          {Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood             of several very different kinds of trees, species of             {Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}.          {Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), the flicker.          {Prairie pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The upland plover.             (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
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Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,       F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,       flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]       1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but             formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for             holding liquids.          2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;             as, to drink a bottle of wine.          3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in             the bottle.          Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part                of a compound.          {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the             interior of bottles.          {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel             ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike             gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three             times its won size.          {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.          {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the             manufacture of bottles. --Ure.          {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash             ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,             dippers, etc.          {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria             glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and             {green foxtail}.          {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;             -- so called from the shape of its nest.          {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia             rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,             trunk.          {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber             nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in             feeding infants.
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Shadrach \Sha"drach\, n. (Metal.)       A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed       of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of       the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery       furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See --Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
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Sidereous \Si*de"re*ous\, a. [L. sidereus.]       Sidereal. [Obs.]
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Siderographic \Sid`er*o*graph"ic\, Siderographical    \Sid`er*o*graph"ic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates       of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.
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Siderographic \Sid`er*o*graph"ic\, Siderographical    \Sid`er*o*graph"ic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates       of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.
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Siderographist \Sid`er*og"ra*phist\, n.       One skilled in siderography.
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Siderography \Sid`er*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] iron +       -graphy.]       The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the       process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an       engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened,       a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when       hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a       facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by       electrotypy.
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Sideroscope \Sid"er*o*scope\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] iron + -scope.]       An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any       substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic       needles.
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Siderostat \Sid"er*o*stat\, n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr.       [?][?][?] standing, fixed, fr. [?][?][?][?] to place.]       (Astron.)       An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by       clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a       fixed direction; -- a more general term for {heliostat}.
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Sooterkin \Soot"er*kin\, n. [Cf. Prov. G. suttern to boil       gently.]       A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women       from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a       figurative sense; an abortive scheme.                   Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. --Pope.
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Squatter \Squat"ter\, n.       1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully             upon land without a title. In the United States and             Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person             who settles lawfully upon government land under permission             and restrictions, before acquiring title.                         In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were                      tolerated to an extent now unknown.   --Macaulay.          2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Squat snipe}, under {Squat}.          {Squatter sovereignty}, the right claimed by the squatters,             or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States             to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Staircase \Stair"case`\, n.       A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing,       balusters, etc.                   To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of                architecture.                                          --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.          {Staircase shell}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap.       (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
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Wentletrap \Wen"tle*trap`\, n. [D. wenteltrap a winding       staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.]       Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine       shells of the genus Scalaria, especially {Scalaria pretiosa},       which was formerly highly valued; -- called also {staircase       shell}. See {Scalaria}.
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Staircase \Stair"case`\, n.       A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing,       balusters, etc.                   To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of                architecture.                                          --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.          {Staircase shell}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap.       (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
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Wentletrap \Wen"tle*trap`\, n. [D. wenteltrap a winding       staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.]       Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine       shells of the genus Scalaria, especially {Scalaria pretiosa},       which was formerly highly valued; -- called also {staircase       shell}. See {Scalaria}.
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Staircase \Stair"case`\, n.       A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing,       balusters, etc.                   To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of                architecture.                                          --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.          {Staircase shell}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap.       (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
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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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{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{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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Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE.       cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris;       cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.)       A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the       genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of       which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants       or fruits of several other genera. See below.          {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis             Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}.          {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}),             which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon             vines.       (b) The squash beetle.          {Cucumber tree}.       (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia}             {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of             its young fruit to a small cucumber.       (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces             the fruit known as bilimbi.          {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited             gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}).          {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable             for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.          {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose             small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe             and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force             through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}.          {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with             prickly fruit.
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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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]       1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to             determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.                         This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and                      groove to equal breadth by.               --Moxon.                         There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.                                                                               --I. Taylor.          2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.                         The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and                      contempt.                                          --Burke.          3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or             regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or             template; as, a button maker's gauge.          4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the             state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical             elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some             particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.          5. (Naut.)             (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with                   reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather                   gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and                   the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.             (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.                   --Totten.          6. The distance between the rails of a railway.          Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is                four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad,                gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England,                seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard                gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called                narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six                inches.          7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with             common plaster to accelerate its setting.          8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which             is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of             such shingles, slates, or tiles.          {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the             wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}.          {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining             the height of the water level in a steam boiler.          {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel             flange striking the edge of the rail.          {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge.          {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object             having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round,             to a templet or gauge.          {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is             one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given             measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.          {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of             barrels, casks, etc.          {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of             cut. --Knight.          {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making             cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.          {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to             determine the depth of the furrow.          {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line             parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.          {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of             the page.          {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of             rain at any given place.          {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance             for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its             specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.          {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.                      {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with             mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the             degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air             pump or other vacuum; a manometer.          {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.)             (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted                   dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use,                   as screws, railway-car axles, etc.             (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges,                   and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the                   working gauges.             (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5.          {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the             diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its             length.          {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of             steam, as in a boiler.          {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the             tides.          {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the             relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a             steam engine and the air.          {Water gauge}.             (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water                   surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or                   glass.             (b) The height of the water in the boiler.          {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the             wind on any given surface; an anemometer.          {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or             the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size.             See under {Wire}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.       Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.       --Sir W. Scott.          {Blazing star}.       (a) A comet. [Obs.]       (b) A brilliant center of attraction.       (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to             {Cham[91]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris             squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also             {colicroot} and {star grass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.       Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.       --Sir W. Scott.          {Blazing star}.       (a) A comet. [Obs.]       (b) A brilliant center of attraction.       (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to             {Cham[91]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris             squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also             {colicroot} and {star grass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sapphire \Sap"phire\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [OE. saphir, F. saphir,       L. sapphirus, Gr. [?], of Oriental origin; cf. Heb.       sapp[c6]r.]       1. (Min.) Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, {Al2O3};             corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum,             highly prized as a gem.                         Of rubies, sapphires, and of pearl[82]s white.                                                                               --Chaucer.          Note: Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in                granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is                usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the                bright red crystals are called Oriental rubies (see                under {Ruby}), the amethystine variety Oriental                amethyst (see under {Amethyst}), and the dull massive                varieties corundum (a name which is also used as a                general term to include all varieties). See {Corundum}.          2. The color of the gem; bright blue.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any humming bird of the genus {Hylocharis},             native of South America. The throat and breast are usually             bright blue.          {Star sapphire}, [or] {Asteriated sapphire} (Min.), a kind of             sapphire which exhibits asterism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Star stereogram \Star stereogram\       A view of the universe of brighter stars as it would appear       to an observer transported into space outside or beyond our       universe of stars.
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Starch \Starch\, a. [AS. stearc stark, strong, rough. See       {Stark}.]       Stiff; precise; rigid. [R.] --Killingbeck.
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Starch \Starch\, n. [From starch stiff, cf. G. st[84]rke, fr.       stark strong.]       1. (Chem.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found             especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as             from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening,             granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and             giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between             the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of             commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries,             in making paste, etc.          Note: Starch is a carbohydrate, being the typical amylose,                {C6H10O5}, and is detected by the fine blue color given                to it by free iodine. It is not fermentable as such,                but is changed by diastase into dextrin and maltose,                and by heating with dilute acids into dextrose. Cf.                {Sugar}, {Inulin}, and {Lichenin}.          2. Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. --Addison.          {Starch hyacinth} (Bot.), the grape hyacinth; -- so called             because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. See             under {Grape}.
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Starch \Starch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Starching}.]       To stiffen with starch.
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Cellulose \Cel"lu*lose`\, n. (Chem.)       The substance which constitutes the essential part of the       solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper,       etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals,       as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, {(C6H10O5)n},       isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and       sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a       white amorphous mass. See {Starch}, {Granulose}, {Lignin}.                   Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure                cellulose.                                             --Goodale.          {Starch cellulose}, the delicate framework which remains when             the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by             saliva or pepsin. --Goodale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Starch \Starch\, n. [From starch stiff, cf. G. st[84]rke, fr.       stark strong.]       1. (Chem.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found             especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as             from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening,             granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and             giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between             the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of             commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries,             in making paste, etc.          Note: Starch is a carbohydrate, being the typical amylose,                {C6H10O5}, and is detected by the fine blue color given                to it by free iodine. It is not fermentable as such,                but is changed by diastase into dextrin and maltose,                and by heating with dilute acids into dextrose. Cf.                {Sugar}, {Inulin}, and {Lichenin}.          2. Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. --Addison.          {Starch hyacinth} (Bot.), the grape hyacinth; -- so called             because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. See             under {Grape}.
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Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.       az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be]       sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.]       1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,             of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by             crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as             the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It             is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food             and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the             Note below.          Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as                the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the                raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it                includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the                glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,                dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true                sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.                See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are                ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn                the plane of polarization to the right or the left.                They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by                the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are                themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and                carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet                produced artificially belongs to this class. The                sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose                anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually                not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act                on polarized light.          2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or             appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous             white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.          3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render             acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.             [Colloq.]          {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}.          {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an             isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}.          {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety             of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in             the urine in diabetes mellitus.          {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}.          {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose             or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe             grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See             {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}.          {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}.          {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found             in malt. See {Maltose}.          {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but             distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}.          {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh             milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}.          {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric             with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found             in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called             also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}.          {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}.          {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by             the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,             potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn             sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose},             and {Glucose}.          {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar.          {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with             very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,             for the sugar obtained from them.          {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry.          {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba},             {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family             {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters.          {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}.          {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple             sugar is made.          {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.]          {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;             candy made from sugar.          {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum             officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has             been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.                      {Sugar loaf}.             (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form                   of a truncated cone.             (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.                               Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar                            loaf?                                          --J. Webster.          {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}).             See {Maple}.          {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the             sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,             between which the cane is passed.          {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in                   great numbers in unrefined sugar.             (b) The lepisma.          {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above.          {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}.          {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and             preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --             called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus             Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft             and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the             stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a             substitute for sugar.          {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger             ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a             large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See             Illust. under {Phlanger}.          {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for             taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.          {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above.
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Dextrose \Dex"trose`\, n. [See {Dexter}.] (Chem.)       A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, {C6H12O6}       (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the       right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose       are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and       hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by       the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also       {starch sugar}. It is also formed from starchy food by the       action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic       juice.
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Glucose \Glu"cose`\, n. [Gr. [?] sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.]       1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as             in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great             quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and             acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar.             Called also {dextrose}, {grape sugar}, {diabetic sugar},             and {starch sugar}. See {Dextrose}.          2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with             glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.
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Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.       az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be]       sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.]       1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,             of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by             crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as             the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It             is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food             and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the             Note below.          Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as                the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the                raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it                includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the                glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,                dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true                sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.                See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are                ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn                the plane of polarization to the right or the left.                They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by                the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are                themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and                carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet                produced artificially belongs to this class. The                sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose                anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually                not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act                on polarized light.          2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or             appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous             white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.          3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render             acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.             [Colloq.]          {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}.          {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an             isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}.          {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety             of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in             the urine in diabetes mellitus.          {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}.          {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose             or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe             grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See             {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}.          {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}.          {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found             in malt. See {Maltose}.          {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but             distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}.          {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh             milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}.          {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric             with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found             in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called             also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}.          {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}.          {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by             the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,             potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn             sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose},             and {Glucose}.          {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar.          {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with             very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,             for the sugar obtained from them.          {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry.          {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba},             {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family             {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters.          {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}.          {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple             sugar is made.          {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.]          {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;             candy made from sugar.          {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum             officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has             been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.                      {Sugar loaf}.             (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form                   of a truncated cone.             (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.                               Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar                            loaf?                                          --J. Webster.          {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}).             See {Maple}.          {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the             sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,             between which the cane is passed.          {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in                   great numbers in unrefined sugar.             (b) The lepisma.          {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above.          {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}.          {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and             preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --             called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus             Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft             and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the             stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a             substitute for sugar.          {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger             ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a             large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See             Illust. under {Phlanger}.          {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for             taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.          {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above.
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Dextrose \Dex"trose`\, n. [See {Dexter}.] (Chem.)       A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, {C6H12O6}       (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the       right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose       are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and       hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by       the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also       {starch sugar}. It is also formed from starchy food by the       action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic       juice.
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Glucose \Glu"cose`\, n. [Gr. [?] sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.]       1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as             in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great             quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and             acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar.             Called also {dextrose}, {grape sugar}, {diabetic sugar},             and {starch sugar}. See {Dextrose}.          2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with             glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.
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Star-chamber \Star"-cham`ber\, n. [So called (as conjectured by       Blackstone) from being held in a room at the Exchequer where       the chests containing certain Jewish comtracts and       obligations called starrs (from the Heb. shetar, pron. shtar)       were kept; or from the stars with which the ceiling is       supposed to have been decorated.] (Eng. Hist.)       An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain       cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of       a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy       council only with the addition of certain judges. It could       proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply       torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641.       --Encyc. Brit.
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Starched \Starched\, a.       1. Stiffened with starch.          2. Stiff; precise; formal. --Swift.
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Starch \Starch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Starching}.]       To stiffen with starch.
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Starchedness \Starch"ed*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners;       formality.
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Starcher \Starch"er\, n.       One who starches.
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Starch \Starch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Starching}.]       To stiffen with starch.
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Starchly \Starch"ly\, adv.       In a starched or starch manner.
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Starchness \Starch"ness\, n.       Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner;       preciseness.
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Starchwort \Starch"wort`\, n. (Bot.)       The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of       starch.
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Starchy \Starch"y\, a.       Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
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Starcraft \Star"craft\, n.       Astrology. [R.] --Tennyson.
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Star-crossed \Star"-crossed`\, a.       Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic] --Shak.                   Such in my star-crossed destiny.            --Massinger.
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Stargaser \Star"gas`er\, n.       1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in             derision or contempt, an astronomer.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed             marine fishes belonging to {Uranoscopus}, {Astroscopus},             and allied genera, of the family {Uranoscopid[91]}. The             common species of the Eastern United States are             {Astroscopus anoplus}, and {A. guttatus}. So called from             the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.
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Stargasing \Star"gas`ing\, n.       1. The act or practice of observing the stars with attention;             contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or             astronomy. --Swift.          2. Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction.
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Stark \Stark\, adv.       Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind. --Shak.                   Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead.                                                                               --Fuller.          {Stark naked}, wholly naked; quite bare.                         Strip your sword stark naked.            --Shak.          Note: According to Professor Skeat, [bd]stark-naked[b8] is                derived from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally                tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology                be true the preferable form is stark-naked.
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Stark \Stark\, a. [Compar. {Starker}; superl. {Starkest}.] [OE.       stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D.       sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[91]rk,       Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta[a3]rknan to become dried up, Lith.       str[89]gti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf. {Starch}, a. & n.]       1. Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer.                         Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark.                                                                               --Spenser.                         His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff Under the hoofs                      of vaunting enemies.                           --Shak.                         The north is not so stark and cold.   --B. Jonson.          2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]                         Consider the stark security The common wealth is in                      now.                                                   --B. Jonson.          3. Strong; vigorous; powerful.                         A stark, moss-trooping Scot.               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] [bd]In starke stours.[b8]             [i. e., in fierce combats]. --Chaucer.          5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.                         He pronounces the citation stark nonsense.                                                                               --Collier.                         Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no                      medium in rhetoric.                           --Selden.
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Stark \Stark\, v. t.       To stiffen. [R.]                   If horror have not starked your limbs.   --H. Taylor.
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Stark \Stark\, adv.       Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind. --Shak.                   Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead.                                                                               --Fuller.          {Stark naked}, wholly naked; quite bare.                         Strip your sword stark naked.            --Shak.          Note: According to Professor Skeat, [bd]stark-naked[b8] is                derived from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally                tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology                be true the preferable form is stark-naked.
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Stark \Stark\, a. [Compar. {Starker}; superl. {Starkest}.] [OE.       stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D.       sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[91]rk,       Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta[a3]rknan to become dried up, Lith.       str[89]gti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf. {Starch}, a. & n.]       1. Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer.                         Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark.                                                                               --Spenser.                         His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff Under the hoofs                      of vaunting enemies.                           --Shak.                         The north is not so stark and cold.   --B. Jonson.          2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]                         Consider the stark security The common wealth is in                      now.                                                   --B. Jonson.          3. Strong; vigorous; powerful.                         A stark, moss-trooping Scot.               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] [bd]In starke stours.[b8]             [i. e., in fierce combats]. --Chaucer.          5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.                         He pronounces the citation stark nonsense.                                                                               --Collier.                         Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no                      medium in rhetoric.                           --Selden.
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Stark \Stark\, a. [Compar. {Starker}; superl. {Starkest}.] [OE.       stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D.       sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[91]rk,       Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta[a3]rknan to become dried up, Lith.       str[89]gti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf. {Starch}, a. & n.]       1. Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer.                         Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark.                                                                               --Spenser.                         His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff Under the hoofs                      of vaunting enemies.                           --Shak.                         The north is not so stark and cold.   --B. Jonson.          2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]                         Consider the stark security The common wealth is in                      now.                                                   --B. Jonson.          3. Strong; vigorous; powerful.                         A stark, moss-trooping Scot.               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] [bd]In starke stours.[b8]             [i. e., in fierce combats]. --Chaucer.          5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.                         He pronounces the citation stark nonsense.                                                                               --Collier.                         Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no                      medium in rhetoric.                           --Selden.
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Starkly \Stark"ly\, adv.       In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.                   Its onward force too starky pent In figure, bone, and                lineament.                                             --Emerson.
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Starkness \Stark"ness\, n.       The quality or state of being stark.
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Starost \Star"ost\, n. [Pol. starosta, from stary old.]       A nobleman who possessed a starosty. [Poland]
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Starosty \Star"os*ty\, n.       A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.       [Poland] --Brande & C.
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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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Stripe \Stripe\, n. [OD. strijpe a stripe, streak; akin to LG.       stripe, D. streep, Dan. stribe, G. strief, striefen, MHG.       striefen to glide, march.]       1. A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a             different color or structure from the ground; hence, any             linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or             streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.          2. (Weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads             in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some             other contrast of appearance.          3. A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a             different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a             garment.          4. A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the             like, such as usually leaves a mark.                         Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.                                                                               --Deut. xxv.                                                                               3.          5. A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow             of a lash, rod, or the like.                         Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes.                                                                               --Thomson.          6. Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing             characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the             same political stripe. [Colloq. U.S.]          7. pl. (Mil.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned             officer.          {Stars and Stripes}. See under {Star}, n.
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Starshine \Star"shine`\, n.       The light of the stars. [R.]                   The starshine lights upon our heads.      --R. L.                                                                               Stevenson.
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Starshoot \Star"shoot`\, n.       See {Nostoc}.
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Star-spangled \Star"-span`gled\, a.       Spangled or studded with stars.          {Star-spangled banner}, the popular name for the national             ensign of the United States. --F. S. Key.
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Star-spangled \Star"-span`gled\, a.       Spangled or studded with stars.          {Star-spangled banner}, the popular name for the national             ensign of the United States. --F. S. Key.
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Starstone \Star"stone`\, n. (Min.)       Asteriated sapphire.
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Stauroscope \Stau"ro*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] a cross + -scope.]       (Crystallog.)       An optical instrument used in determining the position of the       planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.
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Stearic \Ste*ar"ic\, a. [Cf. F. st[82]arique.] (Physiol. Chem.)       Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow;       resembling tallow.          {Stearic acid} (Chem.), a monobasic fatty acid, obtained in             the form of white crystalline scales, soluble in alcohol             and ether. It melts to an oily liquid at 69[f8]C.
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Stearic \Ste*ar"ic\, a. [Cf. F. st[82]arique.] (Physiol. Chem.)       Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow;       resembling tallow.          {Stearic acid} (Chem.), a monobasic fatty acid, obtained in             the form of white crystalline scales, soluble in alcohol             and ether. It melts to an oily liquid at 69[f8]C.
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Steerage \Steer"age\, n.       1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the             steerage of a ship.                         He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season,                      forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth.                                                                               --Milton.          2. (Naut.)             (a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which                   an individual ship is affected by the helm.             (b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [R.] --Swift.             (c) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel,                   under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any                   part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and                   occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.          3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance.                         He that hath the steerage of my course. --Shak.          4. That by which a course is directed. [R.]                         Here he hung on high, The steerage of his wings.                                                                               --Dryden.          {Steerage passenger}, a passenger who takes passage in the             steerage of a vessel.
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Steerage \Steer"age\, n.       1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the             steerage of a ship.                         He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season,                      forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth.                                                                               --Milton.          2. (Naut.)             (a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which                   an individual ship is affected by the helm.             (b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [R.] --Swift.             (c) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel,                   under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any                   part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and                   occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.          3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance.                         He that hath the steerage of my course. --Shak.          4. That by which a course is directed. [R.]                         Here he hung on high, The steerage of his wings.                                                                               --Dryden.          {Steerage passenger}, a passenger who takes passage in the             steerage of a vessel.
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Steerageway \Steer"age*way`\, n. (Naut.)       A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a       vessel governable by the helm.
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Steersman \Steers"man\, n.; pl. {Steersmen}. [Steer a rudder +       man: cf. AS. ste[a2]rman.]       One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel. --Milton.
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Steersmate \Steers"mate\, n. [Steer a rudder + mate a       companion.]       One who steers; steersman. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Steersman \Steers"man\, n.; pl. {Steersmen}. [Steer a rudder +       man: cf. AS. ste[a2]rman.]       One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel. --Milton.
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Stercobilin \Ster`co*bi"lin\, n. [L. stercus dung + E. bilin.]       (Physiol. Chem.)       A coloring matter found in the f[91]ces, a product of the       alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, --       identical with {hydrobilirubin}.
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Serolin \Ser"o*lin\, n. [Serum + L. oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.)       (a) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a             mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.       (b) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in             the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; --             called also {stercorin}, and {stercolin}.
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Stercolin \Ster"co*lin\, n. [L. stercus dung + oleum oil.]       (Physiol. Chem.)       Same as {Serolin}       (b) .
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Serolin \Ser"o*lin\, n. [Serum + L. oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.)       (a) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a             mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.       (b) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in             the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; --             called also {stercorin}, and {stercolin}.
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Stercolin \Ster"co*lin\, n. [L. stercus dung + oleum oil.]       (Physiol. Chem.)       Same as {Serolin}       (b) .
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Stercoraceous \Ster`co*ra"ceous\, a. [L. stercus, -oris, dung.]       Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or       containing, dung.
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Stercoranism \Ster"co*ra*nism\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)       The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
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Stercoranist \Ster"co*ra*nist\, n. [LL. stercoranista, fr. L.       stercus, -oris, dung.] (Eccl. Hist.)       A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged       to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist       undergo the process of digestion in the body of the       recipient.
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Stercorarian \Ster`co*ra"ri*an\, n.       A Stercoranist.
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Shooi \Sho"oi\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The Richardson's skua ({Stercorarius parasiticus});- so       called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]
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Trumpie \Trum"pie\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The Richardson's skua ({Stercorarius parasiticus}).
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Pomarine \Po"ma*rine\, a. [Gr. [?] a lid + [?], [?], nose.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Having the nostril covered with a scale.          {Pomarine jager} (Zo[94]l.), a North Atlantic jager             ({Stercorarius pomarinus}) having the elongated middle             tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.
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Stercorary \Ster"co*ra*ry\, n. [LL. stercorarium, from L.       stercorarius belonging to dung.]       A place, properly secured from the weather, for containing       dung.
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Stercorate \Ster"co*rate\, n.       Excrement; dung. [Obs.]
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Stercoration \Ster`co*ra"tion\, n. [L. stercoratio, from       stercorare to dung.]       Manuring with dung. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Stercorianism \Ster*co"ri*an*ism\, n. (Eccl.)       The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
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Serolin \Ser"o*lin\, n. [Serum + L. oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.)       (a) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a             mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.       (b) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in             the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; --             called also {stercorin}, and {stercolin}.
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Stercorin \Ster"co*rin\, n. [L. stercus, -oris, dung.] (Physiol.       Chem.)       Same as {Serolin}       (b) .
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Serolin \Ser"o*lin\, n. [Serum + L. oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.)       (a) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a             mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.       (b) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in             the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; --             called also {stercorin}, and {stercolin}.
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Stercorin \Ster"co*rin\, n. [L. stercus, -oris, dung.] (Physiol.       Chem.)       Same as {Serolin}       (b) .
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Stercory \Ster"co*ry\, n.       Excrement; dung. [Obs.]
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Poon \Poon\, n. [Canarese ponne.]       A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the       masts and spars of vessels, as {Calophyllum angustifolium},       {C. inophullum}, and {Sterculia f[d2]tida}; -- called also       {peon}.
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Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,       F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,       flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]       1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but             formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for             holding liquids.          2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;             as, to drink a bottle of wine.          3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in             the bottle.          Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part                of a compound.          {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the             interior of bottles.          {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel             ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike             gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three             times its won size.          {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.          {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the             manufacture of bottles. --Ure.          {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash             ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,             dippers, etc.          {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria             glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and             {green foxtail}.          {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;             -- so called from the shape of its nest.          {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia             rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,             trunk.          {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber             nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in             feeding infants.
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Sterculiaceous \Ster*cu`li*a"ceous\, a. [NL. Sterculia, the       typical genus, fr. L. Sterculius the deity that presided over       manuring, from stercus dung. So called because one of the       original species is fetid.] (Bot.)       Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Sterculiace[91]}) of       polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao       ({Theobroma Cacao}) is the most useful plant of the order.
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Stereo-chemic \Ste`re*o-chem"ic\, Stereo-chemical    \Ste`re*o-chem"ic*al\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space       relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic       formula.
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Stereo-chemic \Ste`re*o-chem"ic\, Stereo-chemical    \Ste`re*o-chem"ic*al\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space       relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic       formula.
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Stereo-chemistry \Ste`re*o-chem"is*try\, n. [Stereo- +       chemistry.] (Chem.)       Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of       atoms.
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Stereochrome \Ste"re*o*chrome\, n.       Stereochromic picture.
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Stereochromic \Ste`re*o*chro"mic\, a.       Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by       stereochromy. -- {Ste`re*o*chro"mic*al*ly}, adv.
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Stereochromic \Ste`re*o*chro"mic\, a.       Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by       stereochromy. -- {Ste`re*o*chro"mic*al*ly}, adv.
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Stereochromy \Ste`re*och"ro*my\, n. [Stereo- + Gr. chrw^ma       color.]       A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the       colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in       which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of       soda).
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Stereogram \Ste"re*o*gram\, n. [Stereo- + -gram.]       A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way       as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a       stereograph.
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Stereograph \Ste"re*o*graph\, n. [Stereo- + -graph.]       Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in       the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means       of photography.
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Stereographic \Ste`re*o*graph"ic\, Stereographical    \Ste`re*o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]ographique.]       Made or done according to the rules of stereography;       delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the       earth.          {Stereographic projection} (Geom.), a method of representing             the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in             the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the             projection is made is at right andles to the diameter             passing through the center of projection.
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Stereographic \Ste`re*o*graph"ic\, Stereographical    \Ste`re*o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]ographique.]       Made or done according to the rules of stereography;       delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the       earth.          {Stereographic projection} (Geom.), a method of representing             the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in             the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the             projection is made is at right andles to the diameter             passing through the center of projection.
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Stereographic \Ste`re*o*graph"ic\, Stereographical    \Ste`re*o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. st[82]r[82]ographique.]       Made or done according to the rules of stereography;       delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the       earth.          {Stereographic projection} (Geom.), a method of representing             the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in             the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the             projection is made is at right andles to the diameter             passing through the center of projection.
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Stereographically \Ste`re*o*graph"ic*al*ly\, adv.       In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
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Stereography \Ste`re*og"ra*phy\, n. [Stereo- + graphy: cf. F.       st[82]r[82]ographie.]       The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane;       a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of       all solids which are regularly defined.
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Stereoscope \Ste"re*o*scope\, n. [Stereo- + -scope.]       An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance       of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one,       through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken       for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is       furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or       reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as       one to the observer.          Note: In the reflecting stereoscope, the rays from the two                pictures are turned into the proper direction for                stereoscopic vision by two plane mirrors set at an                angle with each other, and between the pictures. In the                lenticular stereoscope, the form in general use, the                eyeglasses are semilenses, or marginal portions of the                same convex lenses, set with their edges toward each                other, so that they deflect the rays coming from the                picture so as to strike the eyes as if coming direct                from an intermediate point, where the two pictures are                seen apparently as one.
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Stereoscopic \Ste`re*o*scop"ic\, Stereoscopical    \Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or       adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the       stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views.       -- {Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Stereoscopic \Ste`re*o*scop"ic\, Stereoscopical    \Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or       adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the       stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views.       -- {Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Stereoscopic \Ste`re*o*scop"ic\, Stereoscopical    \Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or       adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the       stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views.       -- {Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Stereoscopist \Ste`re*os"co*pist\, n.       One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.
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Stereoscopy \Ste`re*os"co*py\, n.       The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of       constructing the instrument or the views used with it.
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Stereostatic \Ste`re*o*stat"ic\, a. [Stereo- + static.] (Civil.       Engin.)       Geostatic.
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Sterquilinous \Ster*quil"i*nous\, a. [L. sterquilinium a dung       pit, fr. stercus dung.]       Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry. [Obs.]       --Howell.
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Stirious \Stir"i*ous\, a. [L. stiria an icicle.]       Resembling icicles. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Stirk \Stirk\, n. [AS. stric, from ste[a2]r a steer. See {Steer}       a young ox.]       A young bullock or heifer. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Sir W.       Scott.
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Stirrage \Stir"rage\, n.       The act of stirring; stir; commotion. [Obs.] --T. Granger.
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Storage \Stor"age\, n.       1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe             keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.          2. Space for the safe keeping of goods.          3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store.          {Storage battery}. (Physics) See the Note under {Battery}.
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Storage \Stor"age\, n.       1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe             keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.          2. Space for the safe keeping of goods.          3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store.          {Storage battery}. (Physics) See the Note under {Battery}.
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Storax \Sto"rax\, n. [L. storax, styrax, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Styrax}.]       Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from       the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family.       The most common of these is {liquid storax}, a brown or gray       semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and       balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine       as an expectorant.          Note: A yellow aromatic honeylike substance, resembling, and                often confounded with, storax, is obtained from the                American sweet gum tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}),                and is much used as a chewing gum, called sweet gum,                and liquid storax. Cf. {Liquidambar}.
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Store \Store\, n. [OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions,       supplies, fr. estorer to store. See {Store}, v. t.]       1. That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source             from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a             great quantity, or a great number.                         The ships are fraught with store of victuals.                                                                               --Bacon.                         With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain                      influence, and give the prize.            --Milton.          2. A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a             storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.          3. Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or             retail; a shop. [U.S. & British Colonies]          4. pl. Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some             specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms,             ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a             ship, of a family.                         His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {In store}, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in             a state of readiness. [bd]I have better news in store for             thee.[b8] --Shak.          {Store clothes}, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in             distinction from that which is home-made. [Colloq. U.S.]                      {Store pay}, payment for goods or work in articles from a             shop or store, instead of money. [U.S.]          {To set store by}, to value greatly; to have a high             appreciation of.          {To tell no store of}, to make no account of; to consider of             no importance.          Syn: Fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation;                provision.          Usage: {Store}, {Shop}. The English call the place where                   goods are sold (however large or splendid it may be) a                   shop, and confine the word store to its original                   meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are                   stored. In America the word store is applied to all                   places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. In                   some British colonies the word store is used as in the                   United States.
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Storehouse \Store"house`\, n.       1. A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially             provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.                         Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto                      Egyptians.                                          --Gen. xli.                                                                               56.                         The Scripture of God is a storehouse abounding with                      estimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge.                                                                               --Hooker.          2. A mass or quality laid up. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Storekeeper \Store"keep`er\, n.       1. A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a             naval storekeeper.          2. One who keeps a [bd]store;[b8] a shopkeeper. See 1st             {Store}, 3. [U. S.]
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Storeship \Store"ship`\, n.       A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or       the like.
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Story \Sto"ry\, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor[82], estor[82]e,       built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store.       See {Store}, v. t.]       A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the       space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a       building's exterior considered architecturally, which need       not correspond exactly with the stories within. [Written also       {storey}.]          Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to                another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The                spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below                upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house                of one story, of two stories, of five stories.          {Story post} (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor             or superincumbent wall.
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Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,       Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. [?] a       vulture.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large wading birds of the       family {Ciconid[91]}, having long legs and a long, pointed       bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,       and belong to {Ciconia} and several allied genera. The       European white stork ({Ciconia alba}) is the best known. It       commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,       a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({C. nigra}) is       native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.          {Black-necked stork}, the East Indian jabiru.          {Hair-crested stork}, the smaller adjutant of India             ({Leptoptilos Javanica}).          {Giant stork}, the adjutant.          {Marabou stork}. See {Marabou}. -- Saddle-billed stork, the             African jabiru. See {Jabiru}.          {Stork's bill} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Pelargonium};             -- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of             the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See             {Pelargonium}.
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Stork-billed \Stork"-billed`\, a.       Having a bill like that of the stork.
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Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,       Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. [?] a       vulture.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large wading birds of the       family {Ciconid[91]}, having long legs and a long, pointed       bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,       and belong to {Ciconia} and several allied genera. The       European white stork ({Ciconia alba}) is the best known. It       commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,       a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({C. nigra}) is       native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.          {Black-necked stork}, the East Indian jabiru.          {Hair-crested stork}, the smaller adjutant of India             ({Leptoptilos Javanica}).          {Giant stork}, the adjutant.          {Marabou stork}. See {Marabou}. -- Saddle-billed stork, the             African jabiru. See {Jabiru}.          {Stork's bill} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Pelargonium};             -- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of             the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See             {Pelargonium}.
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Straggle \Strag"gle\, n.       The act of straggling. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Straggle \Strag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straggled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Straggling}.] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to       stroke. See {Stroke}, v. t.]       1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to             stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line             of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men             should not straggle. --Dryden.          2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.                         The wolf spied out a straggling kid.   --L'Estrange.          3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches             of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or             widely in growth.                         Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each                      side of the hedge that straggle too far out.                                                                               --Mortimer.          4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.             [bd]Straggling pistol shots.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.                         They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the                      straggling rocks.                              --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.
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Straggle \Strag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straggled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Straggling}.] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to       stroke. See {Stroke}, v. t.]       1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to             stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line             of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men             should not straggle. --Dryden.          2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.                         The wolf spied out a straggling kid.   --L'Estrange.          3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches             of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or             widely in growth.                         Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each                      side of the hedge that straggle too far out.                                                                               --Mortimer.          4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.             [bd]Straggling pistol shots.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.                         They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the                      straggling rocks.                              --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.
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Straggler \Strag"gler\, n.       1. One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper             course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who             falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled             direction.
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Straggling \Strag"gling\,       a. & n. from {Straggle}, v.
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Straggle \Strag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straggled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Straggling}.] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to       stroke. See {Stroke}, v. t.]       1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to             stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line             of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men             should not straggle. --Dryden.          2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.                         The wolf spied out a straggling kid.   --L'Estrange.          3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches             of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or             widely in growth.                         Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each                      side of the hedge that straggle too far out.                                                                               --Mortimer.          4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.             [bd]Straggling pistol shots.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.                         They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the                      straggling rocks.                              --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.
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Stragglingly \Strag"gling*ly\, adv.       In a straggling manner.
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d8Stragulum \[d8]Strag"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Stragula}. [L., a spread       or covering, from sternere to spread out.] (Zo[94]l.)       The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
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Straight \Straight\, a.       A variant of {Strait}, a. [Obs. or R.]                   Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to                say, narrow.                                          --Sir J.                                                                               Mandeville.
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Straight \Straight\, a. [Compar. {Straighter}; superl.       {Straightest}.] [OE. strei[?]t, properly p. p. of strecchen       to stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to       extend. See {Stretch}.]       1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to             another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or             crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece             of timber.                         And the crooked shall be made straight. --Isa. xl.                                                                               4.                         There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but                      there is only one which is straight.   --Dryden.          2. (Bot.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as,             straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to             the apex, with a small curve.          3. (Card Playing) Composed of cards which constitute a             regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and             ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
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Straight \Straight\, adv.       In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith;       immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.       [bd]Floating straight.[b8] --Shak.                   I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the                appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire,                and mounts into a blaze.                        --Addison.                   Everything was going on straight.            --W. Black.
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Straight \Straight\, n. (Poker)       A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a       sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight       flush.
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Straight \Straight\, v. t.       To straighten. [R.] --A Smith.
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4. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from             truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.          5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]          6. Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the             organization and candidates of a political party; as, a             straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing             the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a             party and no others; as, a straight ballot. [Political             Cant, U.S.]          {Straight arch} (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados             is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a             common arch.          {A straight face}, one giving no evidence of merriment or             other emotion.          {A straight line}. [bd]That which lies evenly between its             extreme points.[b8] --Euclid. [bd]The shortest line             between two points.[b8] --Chauvenet. [bd]A line which has             the same direction through its whole length.[b8]             --Newcomb.          {Straight-way valve}, a valve which, when opened widely,             affords a straight passageway, as for water.
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Ticket \Tick"et\, n. [F. [82]tiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF.       estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic       origin, and akin to E. stick. See {Stick}, n. & v., and cf.       {Etiquette}, {Tick} credit.]       A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a       notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.       Specifically:       (a) A little note or notice. [Obs. or Local]                         He constantly read his lectures twice a week for                      above forty years, giving notice of the time to his                      auditors in a ticket on the school doors. --Fuller.       (b) A tradesman's bill or account. [Obs.]          Note: Hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by                abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. See 1st {Tick}.                            Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets                         On ticket for his mistress.            --J. Cotgrave.       (c) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place             of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a             theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.       (d) A label to show the character or price of goods.       (e) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other             scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.       (f) (Politics) A printed list of candidates to be voted for             at an election; a set of nominations by one party for             election; a ballot. [U. S.]                         The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four                      votes.                                             --Sarah                                                                               Franklin                                                                               (1766).          {Scratched ticket}, a ticket from which the names of one or             more of the candidates are scratched out.          {Split ticket}, a ticket representing different divisions of             a party, or containing candidates selected from two or             more parties.          {Straight ticket}, a ticket containing the regular             nominations of a party, without change.          {Ticket day} (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day             on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual             purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another.             [Eng.] --Simmonds.          {Ticket of leave}, a license or permit given to a convict, or             prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for             himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to             certain specific conditions. [Eng.] --Simmonds.          {Ticket porter}, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which             he may be identified. [Eng.]
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Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straighted}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Straighting}.]       1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight             form.          2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to             straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.          {To straighten one's face}, to cease laughing or smiling,             etc., and compose one's features.
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Straightedge \Straight"edge`\, n.       A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly       straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or       a surface even, and for drawing straight lines.
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Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straighted}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Straighting}.]       1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight             form.          2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to             straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.          {To straighten one's face}, to cease laughing or smiling,             etc., and compose one's features.
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Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t.       A variant of {Straiten}. [Obs. or R.]
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Straightener \Straight"en*er\, n.       One who, or that which, straightens.
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Straight \Straight\, a. [Compar. {Straighter}; superl.       {Straightest}.] [OE. strei[?]t, properly p. p. of strecchen       to stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to       extend. See {Stretch}.]       1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to             another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or             crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece             of timber.                         And the crooked shall be made straight. --Isa. xl.                                                                               4.                         There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but                      there is only one which is straight.   --Dryden.          2. (Bot.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as,             straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to             the apex, with a small curve.          3. (Card Playing) Composed of cards which constitute a             regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and             ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
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Straight \Straight\, a. [Compar. {Straighter}; superl.       {Straightest}.] [OE. strei[?]t, properly p. p. of strecchen       to stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to       extend. See {Stretch}.]       1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to             another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or             crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece             of timber.                         And the crooked shall be made straight. --Isa. xl.                                                                               4.                         There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but                      there is only one which is straight.   --Dryden.          2. (Bot.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as,             straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to             the apex, with a small curve.          3. (Card Playing) Composed of cards which constitute a             regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and             ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
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Straightforth \Straight"forth`\, adv.       Straightway. [Obs.]
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Straightforward \Straight`for"ward\, a.       Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating;       honest; frank. -- adv. In a straightforward manner. --       {Straight`for"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Straight`for"ward*ness}, n.
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Straightforward \Straight`for"ward\, a.       Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating;       honest; frank. -- adv. In a straightforward manner. --       {Straight`for"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Straight`for"ward*ness}, n.
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Straightforward \Straight`for"ward\, a.       Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating;       honest; frank. -- adv. In a straightforward manner. --       {Straight`for"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Straight`for"ward*ness}, n.
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Straighthorn \Straight"horn`\, n. (Paleon.)       An orthoceras.
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Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straighted}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Straighting}.]       1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight             form.          2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to             straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.          {To straighten one's face}, to cease laughing or smiling,             etc., and compose one's features.
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Straight-joint \Straight"-joint`\, a. (Arch.)       Having straight joints. Specifically:       (a) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that             the joints form a continued line transverse to the length             of the boards themselves. --Brandle & C.       (b) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put             together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being             laid edge to edge.
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Straight-lined \Straight"-lined`\, a.       Having straight lines.
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Straightly \Straight"ly\, adv.       In a right line; not crookedly.
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Straightly \Straight"ly\, adv.       A variant of {Straitly}. See 1st {Straight}.
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Straightness \Straight"ness\, n.       The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the       straightness of a path.
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Straightness \Straight"ness\, n.       A variant of {Straitness}.
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Straight-out \Straight"-out`\, a.       Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence,       unqualified; thoroughgoing. [Colloq. U.S.]                   Straight-out and generous indignation.   --Mrs. Stowe.
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Straight-pight \Straight"-pight`\, a.       Straight in form or upright in position; erect. [Obs.]       --Shak.
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Straight-spoken \Straight"-spo`ken\, a.       Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. [Colloq. U.S.]       --Lowell.
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Straightway \Straight"way`\, adv.       Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.                   He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her,                Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose.                                                                               --Mark v.                                                                               41,42.
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4. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from             truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.          5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]          6. Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the             organization and candidates of a political party; as, a             straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing             the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a             party and no others; as, a straight ballot. [Political             Cant, U.S.]          {Straight arch} (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados             is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a             common arch.          {A straight face}, one giving no evidence of merriment or             other emotion.          {A straight line}. [bd]That which lies evenly between its             extreme points.[b8] --Euclid. [bd]The shortest line             between two points.[b8] --Chauvenet. [bd]A line which has             the same direction through its whole length.[b8]             --Newcomb.          {Straight-way valve}, a valve which, when opened widely,             affords a straight passageway, as for water.
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Straightways \Straight"ways`\, adv.       Straightway. [Obs.]
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Straik \Straik\, n.       A strake.
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Strake \Strake\, obs.       imp. of {Strike}. --Spenser.
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Strake \Strake\, n. [See {Streak}.]       1. A streak. [Obs.] --Spenser.[bd]White strake.[b8] --Gen.             xxx. 37.          2. An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured             to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but             made up of separate pieces.          3. (Shipbuilding) One breadth of planks or plates forming a             continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel,             reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak.          Note: The planks or plates next the keel are called the                garboard strakes; the next, or the heavy strakes at the                bilge, are the bilge strakes; the next, from the water                line to the lower port sill, the wales; and the upper                parts of the sides, the sheer strakes.          4. (Mining) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand;             a launder.
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Strass \Strass\, n. [So called from its inventor, a German       jeweler: cf. F. stras.] (Chem.)       A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial       paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex       borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. {Glass}.
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Straught \Straught\, v. t.       To stretch; to make straight. [Written also {straucht}.]       [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Straught \Straught\, obs.       imp. & p. p. of {Stretch}.
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Straught \Straught\, v. t.       To stretch; to make straight. [Written also {straucht}.]       [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]       Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine       Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a       wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern       Patagonia.          {Pampas cat} (Zo[94]l.), a South American wild cat ({Felis             pajeros}). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or             brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also             {straw cat}.          {Pampas deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South             American deer ({Cervus, [or] Blastocerus, campestris}).          {Pampas grass} (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass             ({Gynerium argenteum}) with a silvery-white silky panicle.             It is a native of the pampas of South America.
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{Straw bail}, worthless bail, as being given by irresponsible             persons. [Colloq. U.S.]          {Straw bid}, a worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the             bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill. [Colloq. U.S.]                      {Straw cat} (Zo[94]l.), the pampas cat.          {Straw color}, the color of dry straw, being a delicate             yellow.          {Straw drain}, a drain filled with straw.          {Straw plait}, [or] {Straw plat}, a strip formed by plaiting             straws, used for making hats, bonnets, etc.          {To be in the straw}, to be brought to bed, as a pregnant             woman. [Slang]
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Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]       Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine       Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a       wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern       Patagonia.          {Pampas cat} (Zo[94]l.), a South American wild cat ({Felis             pajeros}). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or             brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also             {straw cat}.          {Pampas deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South             American deer ({Cervus, [or] Blastocerus, campestris}).          {Pampas grass} (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass             ({Gynerium argenteum}) with a silvery-white silky panicle.             It is a native of the pampas of South America.
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{Straw bail}, worthless bail, as being given by irresponsible             persons. [Colloq. U.S.]          {Straw bid}, a worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the             bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill. [Colloq. U.S.]                      {Straw cat} (Zo[94]l.), the pampas cat.          {Straw color}, the color of dry straw, being a delicate             yellow.          {Straw drain}, a drain filled with straw.          {Straw plait}, [or] {Straw plat}, a strip formed by plaiting             straws, used for making hats, bonnets, etc.          {To be in the straw}, to be brought to bed, as a pregnant             woman. [Slang]
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{Straw bail}, worthless bail, as being given by irresponsible             persons. [Colloq. U.S.]          {Straw bid}, a worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the             bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill. [Colloq. U.S.]                      {Straw cat} (Zo[94]l.), the pampas cat.          {Straw color}, the color of dry straw, being a delicate             yellow.          {Straw drain}, a drain filled with straw.          {Straw plait}, [or] {Straw plat}, a strip formed by plaiting             straws, used for making hats, bonnets, etc.          {To be in the straw}, to be brought to bed, as a pregnant             woman. [Slang]
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Straw-colored \Straw"-col`ored\, a.       Being of a straw color. See {Straw color}, under {Straw}, n.
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Straw-cutter \Straw"-cut`ter\, n.       An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
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Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the       common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also       {strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the       garden whitethroat, or golden warbler ({S. hortensis}), and       the lesser whitethroat ({S. curruca}).
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Streak \Streak\, v. t. [Cf. {Stretch}, {Streek}.]       To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.       [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Streak \Streak\, n. [OE. streke; akin to D. streek a line,       stroke, G. strich, AS. strica, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, Goth.       stricks, and E. strike, stroke. See {Strike}, {Stroke}, n.,       and cf. {Strake}.]       1. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground;             a stripe; a vein.                         What mean those colored streaks in heaven? --Milton.          2. (Shipbuilding) A strake.          3. (Min.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when             scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of             which is sometimes a distinguishing character.          4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
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Streak \Streak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Streaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Streaking}.]       1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to             variegate with lines of a different color, or of different             colors.                         A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and                      black.                                                --Sandys.                         Now streaked and glowing with the morning red.                                                                               --Prior.          2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
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Garboard \Gar"board\, n. (Naut.)       One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a       garboard strake.          {Garboard strake} [or] {streak}, the first range or strake of             planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. --Totten.
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Streak \Streak\, v. t. [Cf. {Stretch}, {Streek}.]       To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.       [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Streak \Streak\, n. [OE. streke; akin to D. streek a line,       stroke, G. strich, AS. strica, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, Goth.       stricks, and E. strike, stroke. See {Strike}, {Stroke}, n.,       and cf. {Strake}.]       1. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground;             a stripe; a vein.                         What mean those colored streaks in heaven? --Milton.          2. (Shipbuilding) A strake.          3. (Min.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when             scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of             which is sometimes a distinguishing character.          4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
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Streak \Streak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Streaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Streaking}.]       1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to             variegate with lines of a different color, or of different             colors.                         A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and                      black.                                                --Sandys.                         Now streaked and glowing with the morning red.                                                                               --Prior.          2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
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Garboard \Gar"board\, n. (Naut.)       One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a       garboard strake.          {Garboard strake} [or] {streak}, the first range or strake of             planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. --Totten.
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Streak \Streak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Streaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Streaking}.]       1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to             variegate with lines of a different color, or of different             colors.                         A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and                      black.                                                --Sandys.                         Now streaked and glowing with the morning red.                                                                               --Prior.          2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
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Streaked \Streaked\, a.       1. Marked or variegated with stripes.          2. Uncomfortable; out of sorts. [Local, U.S.]
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Streak \Streak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Streaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Streaking}.]       1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to             variegate with lines of a different color, or of different             colors.                         A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and                      black.                                                --Sandys.                         Now streaked and glowing with the morning red.                                                                               --Prior.          2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
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Streaky \Streak"y\, a.       Same as {Streaked}, 1. [bd]The streaky west.[b8] --Cowper.
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Streek \Streek\, v. t.       To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See {Streak}.       [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Streight \Streight\, a., n., & adv.       See 2nd {Strait}. [Obs.]
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Streighten \Streight"en\, v. t.       See {Straiten}. [Obs.]
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Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side:       cf. F. lat[82]ral.]       1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a             house; the lateral branches of a tree.          2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from             the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}.          3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.          {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the             lateral planes.          {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree.             [Obs.]          {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs             along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct             line of color.          {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress             at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; --             distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress.          {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency             to fracture arising from lateral pressure.          {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal             braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral             stiffness is secured.
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Stress \Stress\, v. t.       1. To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.          2. To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.
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Stress \Stress\, v. t.       1. To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.             [R.] --Spenser.          2. To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
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Stress \Stress\, n. [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier       to press, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus.       See {Distress}.]       1. Distress. [Obs.]                         Sad hersal of his heavy stress.         --Spenser.          2. Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things;             except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight;             significance.                         The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise,                      yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their                      strength.                                          --Locke.                         A body may as well lay too little as too much stress                      upon a dream.                                    --L'Estrange.          3. (Mech. & Physics) The force, or combination of forces,             which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or             manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and             taking specific names according to its direction, or mode             of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear             or tangential stress. --Rankine.                         Stress is the mutual action between portions of                      matter.                                             --Clerk                                                                               Maxwell.          4. (Pron.) Force of utterance expended upon words or             syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in             accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See             {Guide to pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 31-35.          5. (Scots Law) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the             thing distrained.          {Stress of voice}, unusual exertion of the voice.          {Stress of weather}, constraint imposed by continued bad             weather; as, to be driven back to port by stress of             weather.          {To lay stress upon}, to attach great importance to; to             emphasize. [bd]Consider how great a stress is laid upon             this duty.[b8] --Atterbury.          {To put stress upon}, [or] {To put to a stress}, to strain.
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Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side:       cf. F. lat[82]ral.]       1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a             house; the lateral branches of a tree.          2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from             the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}.          3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.          {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the             lateral planes.          {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree.             [Obs.]          {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs             along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct             line of color.          {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress             at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; --             distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress.          {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency             to fracture arising from lateral pressure.          {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal             braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral             stiffness is secured.
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Stress \Stress\, v. t.       1. To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.          2. To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.
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Stress \Stress\, v. t.       1. To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.             [R.] --Spenser.          2. To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
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Stress \Stress\, n. [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier       to press, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus.       See {Distress}.]       1. Distress. [Obs.]                         Sad hersal of his heavy stress.         --Spenser.          2. Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things;             except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight;             significance.                         The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise,                      yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their                      strength.                                          --Locke.                         A body may as well lay too little as too much stress                      upon a dream.                                    --L'Estrange.          3. (Mech. & Physics) The force, or combination of forces,             which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or             manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and             taking specific names according to its direction, or mode             of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear             or tangential stress. --Rankine.                         Stress is the mutual action between portions of                      matter.                                             --Clerk                                                                               Maxwell.          4. (Pron.) Force of utterance expended upon words or             syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in             accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See             {Guide to pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 31-35.          5. (Scots Law) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the             thing distrained.          {Stress of voice}, unusual exertion of the voice.          {Stress of weather}, constraint imposed by continued bad             weather; as, to be driven back to port by stress of             weather.          {To lay stress upon}, to attach great importance to; to             emphasize. [bd]Consider how great a stress is laid upon             this duty.[b8] --Atterbury.          {To put stress upon}, [or] {To put to a stress}, to strain.
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Stress \Stress\, n. [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier       to press, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus.       See {Distress}.]       1. Distress. [Obs.]                         Sad hersal of his heavy stress.         --Spenser.          2. Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things;             except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight;             significance.                         The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise,                      yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their                      strength.                                          --Locke.                         A body may as well lay too little as too much stress                      upon a dream.                                    --L'Estrange.          3. (Mech. & Physics) The force, or combination of forces,             which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or             manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and             taking specific names according to its direction, or mode             of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear             or tangential stress. --Rankine.                         Stress is the mutual action between portions of                      matter.                                             --Clerk                                                                               Maxwell.          4. (Pron.) Force of utterance expended upon words or             syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in             accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See             {Guide to pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 31-35.          5. (Scots Law) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the             thing distrained.          {Stress of voice}, unusual exertion of the voice.          {Stress of weather}, constraint imposed by continued bad             weather; as, to be driven back to port by stress of             weather.          {To lay stress upon}, to attach great importance to; to             emphasize. [bd]Consider how great a stress is laid upon             this duty.[b8] --Atterbury.          {To put stress upon}, [or] {To put to a stress}, to strain.
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Weather \Weath"er\, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar,       OFries. weder, D. weder, we[88]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar,       Icel. ve[edh]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v[84]der wind, air, weather,       and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith.       vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf.       {Wither}.]       1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or             cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or             cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena;             meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm             weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.                         Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather.                                                                               --Shak.                         Fair weather cometh out of the north. --Job xxxvii.                                                                               22.          2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation             of the state of the air. --Bacon.          3. Storm; tempest.                         What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My                      thoughts presage!                              --Dryden.          4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.] --Wyclif.          {Stress of weather}, violent winds; force of tempests.          {To make fair weather}, to flatter; to give flattering             representations. [R.]          {To make good}, [or] {bad}, {weather} (Naut.), to endure a             gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel. --Shak.          {Under the weather}, ill; also, financially embarrassed.             [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett.          {Weather box}. Same as {Weather house}, below. --Thackeray.          {Weather breeder}, a fine day which is supposed to presage             foul weather.          {Weather bureau}, a popular name for the signal service. See             {Signal service}, under {Signal}, a. [U. S.]          {Weather cloth} (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin             used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather             when stowed in the nettings.          {Weather door}. (Mining) See {Trapdoor}, 2.          {Weather gall}. Same as {Water gall}, 2. [Prov. Eng.]             --Halliwell.          {Weather house}, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a             house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions             by the appearance or retirement of toy images.                         Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised                      the weather house, that useful toy!   --Cowper.          {Weather molding}, [or]          {Weather moulding} (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door             or a window, to throw off the rain.          {Weather of a windmill sail}, the obliquity of the sail, or             the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.          {Weather report}, a daily report of meteorological             observations, and of probable changes in the weather;             esp., one published by government authority.          {Weather spy}, a stargazer; one who foretells the weather.             [R.] --Donne.          {Weather strip} (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other             material, applied to an outer door or window so as to             cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or             threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.
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Stress \Stress\, n. [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier       to press, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus.       See {Distress}.]       1. Distress. [Obs.]                         Sad hersal of his heavy stress.         --Spenser.          2. Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things;             except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight;             significance.                         The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise,                      yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their                      strength.                                          --Locke.                         A body may as well lay too little as too much stress                      upon a dream.                                    --L'Estrange.          3. (Mech. & Physics) The force, or combination of forces,             which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or             manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and             taking specific names according to its direction, or mode             of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear             or tangential stress. --Rankine.                         Stress is the mutual action between portions of                      matter.                                             --Clerk                                                                               Maxwell.          4. (Pron.) Force of utterance expended upon words or             syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in             accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See             {Guide to pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 31-35.          5. (Scots Law) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the             thing distrained.          {Stress of voice}, unusual exertion of the voice.          {Stress of weather}, constraint imposed by continued bad             weather; as, to be driven back to port by stress of             weather.          {To lay stress upon}, to attach great importance to; to             emphasize. [bd]Consider how great a stress is laid upon             this duty.[b8] --Atterbury.          {To put stress upon}, [or] {To put to a stress}, to strain.
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Stressful \Stress"ful\, a.       Having much stress. --Rush.
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Strich \Strich\, n. [Cf. L. strix, strigs, a streech owl.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An owl. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Strick \Strick\, n.       A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.       --Knight.
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Stricken \Strick"en\, p. p. & a. from {Strike}.       1. Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.          Note: [See {Strike}, n.]          2. Worn out; far gone; advanced. See {Strike}, v. t., 21.                         Abraham was old and well stricken in age. --Gen.                                                                               xxiv. 1.          3. Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the             striking of a clock. [Scot.]                         He persevered for a stricken hour in such a torrent                      of unnecessary tattle.                        --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Speeches are spoken by the stricken hour, day after                      day, week, perhaps, after week.         --Bayne.
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Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},       {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than       stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.       str[c6]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,       stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[c6]hhan,       L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but       perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a       row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]       1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or             with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either             with the hand or with any instrument or missile.                         He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;                      while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet             struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship             struck a reef.          3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a             force to; to dash; to cast.                         They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the                      two sideposts.                                    --Ex. xii. 7.                         Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.                                                                               --Byron.          4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike             coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.          5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in             the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.          6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.                         To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes                      for equity.                                       --Prov. xvii.                                                                               26.          7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or             notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;             the drums strike up a march.          8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike             sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of             surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to             strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.          9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect             sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,             with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or             horror.                         Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the                      first view.                                       --Atterbury.                         They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.                                                                               --Pope.          10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden             impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me             favorably; to strike one dead or blind.                         How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!                                                                               --Landor.          11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a             stroke; as, to strike a light.                         Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a                      universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.          12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.          13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.          Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[d2]dus ferrire, to                strike a compact, so called because an animal was                struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.          14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.             [Old Slang]          15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by             scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the             level of the top.          16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the             face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.          17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a             strange word; they soon struck the trail.          18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck             a friend for five dollars. [Slang]          19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.          20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.                         Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand                      over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.                                                                               11.          21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past             participle. [bd]Well struck in years.[b8] --Shak.          {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under             {Attitude}, and {Balance}.          {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury             ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain             number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to             reduce it to the number of persons required by law.             --Burrill.          {To strike a lead}.             (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.             (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]          {To strike} {a ledger, [or] an account}, to balance it.          {To strike hands with}.             (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.             (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.                            {To strike off}.             (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike                   off the interest of a debt.             (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a                   thousand copies of a book.
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Strickle \Stric"kle\, n. [See {Strike}.]       1. An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure;             a strike.          2. An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.          3. (Founding) An instrument used for smoothing the surface of             a core.          4. (Carp. & Mason.) A templet; a pattern.          5. An instrument used in dressing flax. [Prov. Eng.]
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Strickler \Stric"kler\, n.       See {Strickle}.
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Strickless \Strick"less\, n.       See {Strickle}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Strict \Strict\, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.]       [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to       strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.]       1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a             strict ligature. --Dryden.          2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.          3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep             strict watch; to pay strict attention. --Shak.                         It shall be still in strictest measure. --Milton.          4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact             rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the             Sabbath. [bd]Through the strict senteries.[b8] --Milton.          5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined;             restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.          6. (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the             shape of the plants or their flower clusters.          Syn: Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.          Usage: {Strict}, {Severe}. Strict, applied to a person,                   denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a                   principle or code by which he is bound; severe is                   strict with an implication often, but not always, of                   harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed                   to gentle.                               And rules as strict his labored work confine, As                            if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line. --Pope.                               Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: -                            [bd]What words have passed thy lips, Adam                            severe![b8]                                 --Milton.          {The Strict Observance}, [or] {Friars of the Strict       Observance}. (R. C. Ch.) See {Observance}.
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Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand,       OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh.       to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.]       1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in             man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other             animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}.          2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the             office of, a human hand; as:             (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or                   any one of the four extremities of a monkey.             (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute                   hand of a clock.          3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a             palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.          4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.                         On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex.                                                                               xxxviii. 15.                         The Protestants were then on the winning hand.                                                                               --Milton.          5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;             dexterity.                         He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.                                                                               --Addison.          6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence,             manner of performance.                         To change the hand in carrying on the war.                                                                               --Clarendon.                         Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my                      hand.                                                --Judges vi.                                                                               36.          7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or             competent for special service or duty; a performer more or             less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand             at speaking.                         A dictionary containing a natural history requires                      too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be                      hoped for.                                          --Locke.                         I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.                                                                               --Hazlitt.          8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or             running hand. Hence, a signature.                         I say she never did invent this letter; This is a                      man's invention and his hand.            --Shak.                         Some writs require a judge's hand.      --Burril.          9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;             management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in             hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles.                         Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the                      goverment of Britain.                        --Milton.          10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to             buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when             new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the             producer's hand, or when not new.          11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear             hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon.          12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as:             (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the                   dealer.             (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied                   together.          13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock,             which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.          Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts                or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the                hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a                symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as:             (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the                   head, which implies thought, and the heart, which                   implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every                   man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12.             (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.                   [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over                   you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33.             (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to                   give the right hand.             (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the                   hand; to pledge the hand.          Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or                without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand;                as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe:                used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or                handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or                hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand                loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or                hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the                hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or                hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following                paragraph are written either as two words or in                combination.          {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books,             papers, parcels, etc.          {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket.          {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.             --Bacon.          {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}.          {Hand car}. See under {Car}.          {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a             good position of the hands and arms when playing on the             piano; a hand guide.          {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}.          {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}.          {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine,             or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power,             may be operated by hand.          {Hand glass}.             (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of                   plants.             (b) A small mirror with a handle.          {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above).          {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as             practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology.          {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}.          {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest             money.          {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank             turned by hand.          {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand             rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt.          {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple.          {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand.          {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or             weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp.          {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix.             9.          {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or             canceling papers, envelopes, etc.          {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico             ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose             stamens unite in the form of a hand.          {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small             work. --Moxon.          {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as             distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.          {All hands}, everybody; all parties.          {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every             direction; generally.          {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction;             on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no             hand consisting with the safety and interests of             humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.          {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above).          {At hand}.             (a) Near in time or place; either present and within                   reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at                   hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak.             (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at                   hand.[b8] --Shak.          {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we             receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive             evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10.          {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}.          {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from             instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed             a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand.          {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of             dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He             that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8]             --Job xvii. 9.          {From hand to hand}, from one person to another.          {Hand in hand}.             (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift.             (b) Just; fair; equitable.                               As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand                            comparison.                                 --Shak.                            {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands             alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand             over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand             over hand.          {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what             one does. [Obs.] --Bacon.          {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand             running.          {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling!                      {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to             hand contest. --Dryden.          {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression.          {In hand}.             (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . .                   . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson.             (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels .                   . . in hand.[b8] --Shak.             (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction;                   as, he has the business in hand.          {In one's hand} [or] {hands}.             (a) In one's possession or keeping.             (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my                   hand.          {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office,             in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons.          {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation.          {Note of hand}, a promissory note.          {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay,             hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them             to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser.          {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care.          {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of             goods on hand.          {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management.          {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish             ceremony used in swearing.          {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength.          {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth.          {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government.          {To bear a hand}             (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.          {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false             pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under             {Glove}.          {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving.                      {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling             it.          {To change hand}. See {Change}.          {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners.             --Hudibras.          {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by             striking the palms of the hands together.          {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into             possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.          {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.]                         Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them.                                                                               --Baxter.          {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain             work; to become accustomed to a particular business.          {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or             concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in.          {To have in hand}.             (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer.             (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with.          {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can             do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed             with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with             difficulties.          {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or             get, the better of another person or thing.          {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already             prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke.          {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even             conditions. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault.          {To lend a hand}, to give assistance.          {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack;             to oppose; to kill.          {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other             necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.                      {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit.          {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8.          {To put the}          {last, [or] finishing},          {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to             perfect.          {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake.                         That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that                      thou settest thine hand to.               --Deut. xxiii.                                                                               20.          {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one.          {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety             for another's debt or good behavior.          {To take in hand}.             (a) To attempt or undertake.             (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand.          {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in,             or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash             one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24.          {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or             signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and             seal of the owner.
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Strict \Strict\, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.]       [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to       strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.]       1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a             strict ligature. --Dryden.          2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.          3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep             strict watch; to pay strict attention. --Shak.                         It shall be still in strictest measure. --Milton.          4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact             rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the             Sabbath. [bd]Through the strict senteries.[b8] --Milton.          5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined;             restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.          6. (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the             shape of the plants or their flower clusters.          Syn: Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.          Usage: {Strict}, {Severe}. Strict, applied to a person,                   denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a                   principle or code by which he is bound; severe is                   strict with an implication often, but not always, of                   harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed                   to gentle.                               And rules as strict his labored work confine, As                            if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line. --Pope.                               Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: -                            [bd]What words have passed thy lips, Adam                            severe![b8]                                 --Milton.          {The Strict Observance}, [or] {Friars of the Strict       Observance}. (R. C. Ch.) See {Observance}.
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Strict \Strict\, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.]       [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to       strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.]       1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a             strict ligature. --Dryden.          2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.          3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep             strict watch; to pay strict attention. --Shak.                         It shall be still in strictest measure. --Milton.          4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact             rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the             Sabbath. [bd]Through the strict senteries.[b8] --Milton.          5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined;             restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.          6. (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the             shape of the plants or their flower clusters.          Syn: Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.          Usage: {Strict}, {Severe}. Strict, applied to a person,                   denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a                   principle or code by which he is bound; severe is                   strict with an implication often, but not always, of                   harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed                   to gentle.                               And rules as strict his labored work confine, As                            if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line. --Pope.                               Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: -                            [bd]What words have passed thy lips, Adam                            severe![b8]                                 --Milton.          {The Strict Observance}, [or] {Friars of the Strict       Observance}. (R. C. Ch.) See {Observance}.
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Striction \Stric"tion\, n. [L. strictio. See {Stringent}.]       The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.          {Line of striction} (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that             cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to             the succeeding generator.
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Strictly \Strict"ly\, adv.       In a strict manner; closely; precisely.
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Strictness \Strict"ness\, n.       Quality or state of being strict.
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Stricture \Stric"ture\, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from       stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See       {Strict}.]       1. Strictness. [Obs.]                         A man of stricture and firm abstinence. --Shak.          2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.          3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.                         [I have] given myself the liberty of these                      strictures by way of reflection on all and every                      passage.                                             --Hammond.          4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of             the body. Cf. {Organic stricture}, and {Spasmodic             stricture}, under {Organic}, and {Spasmodic}. --Arbuthnot.
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Strictured \Stric"tured\, a. (Med.)       Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
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Strigate \Stri"gate\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having transverse bands of color.
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Strigil \Strig"il\, n. [L. strigilis, from stringere to graze,       scrape.] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.)       An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the       skin at the bath.
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Strigillose \Strig"il*lose`\, a. [Dim. fr. strigose.] (Bot.)       Set with stiff, slender bristles.
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Strigine \Stri"gine\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.
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Strigment \Strig"ment\, n. [L. strigmentum.]       Scraping; that which is scraped off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Kakapo \Ka`ka*po"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A singular nocturnal parrot ({Strigops habroptilus}), native       of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is       active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and       general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a       short distance. Called also {owl parrot}, {night parrot}, and       {night kaka}.
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Strigose \Stri*gose"\, a. [Cf. F. strigueux. See {Strigil}.]       (Bot.)       Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose       leaf.
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Strigous \Stri"gous\, a. (Bot.)       Strigose. [R.]
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Strike \Strike\, n.       1. A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden             success or good fortune, esp. financial.          2. (Bowling, U. S.) Act of leveling all the pins with the             first bowl; also, the score thus made. Sometimes called             {double spare}.          3. (Baseball) Any actual or constructive striking at the             pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit             fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of             various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to             such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so pitched             that the batter should have struck at it.          4. (Tenpins) Same as {Ten-strike}.
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Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},       {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than       stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.       str[c6]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,       stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[c6]hhan,       L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but       perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a       row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]       1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or             with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either             with the hand or with any instrument or missile.                         He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;                      while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet             struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship             struck a reef.          3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a             force to; to dash; to cast.                         They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the                      two sideposts.                                    --Ex. xii. 7.                         Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.                                                                               --Byron.          4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike             coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.          5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in             the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.          6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.                         To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes                      for equity.                                       --Prov. xvii.                                                                               26.          7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or             notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;             the drums strike up a march.          8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike             sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of             surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to             strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.          9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect             sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,             with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or             horror.                         Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the                      first view.                                       --Atterbury.                         They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.                                                                               --Pope.          10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden             impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me             favorably; to strike one dead or blind.                         How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!                                                                               --Landor.          11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a             stroke; as, to strike a light.                         Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a                      universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.          12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.          13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.          Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[d2]dus ferrire, to                strike a compact, so called because an animal was                struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.          14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.             [Old Slang]          15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by             scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the             level of the top.          16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the             face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.          17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a             strange word; they soon struck the trail.          18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck             a friend for five dollars. [Slang]          19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.          20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.                         Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand                      over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.                                                                               11.          21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past             participle. [bd]Well struck in years.[b8] --Shak.          {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under             {Attitude}, and {Balance}.          {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury             ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain             number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to             reduce it to the number of persons required by law.             --Burrill.          {To strike a lead}.             (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.             (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]          {To strike} {a ledger, [or] an account}, to balance it.          {To strike hands with}.             (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.             (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.                            {To strike off}.             (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike                   off the interest of a debt.             (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a                   thousand copies of a book.
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Strike \Strike\, v. i.       To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to       strike into the fields.                   A mouse . . . struck forth sternly [bodily]. --Piers                                                                               Plowman.          2. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.                         And fiercely took his trenchant blade in hand, With                      which he stroke so furious and so fell. --Spenser.                         Strike now, or else the iron cools.   --Shak.          3. To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer             strikes against the bell of a clock.          4. To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to             be struck; as, the clock strikes.                         A deep sound strikes like a rising knell. --Byron.          5. To make an attack; to aim a blow.                         A puny subject strikes At thy great glory. --Shak.                         Struck for throne, and striking found his doom.                                                                               --Tennyson.          6. To touch; to act by appulse.                         Hinder light but from striking on it [porphyry], and                      its colors vanish.                              --Locke.          7. To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship             struck in the night.          8. To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to             penetrate.                         Till a dart strike through his liver. --Prov. vii.                                                                               23.                         Now and then a glittering beam of wit or passion                      strikes through the obscurity of the poem. --Dryden.          9. To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to             strike into reputation; to strike into a run.          10. To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to             signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.                         That the English ships of war should not strike in                      the Danish seas.                              --Bp. Burnet.          11. To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a             reduction, of wages.          12. To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of             oysters.          13. To steal money. [Old Slang, Eng.] --Nares.          {To strike at}, to aim a blow at.          {To strike for}, to start suddenly on a course for.          {To strike home}, to give a blow which reaches its object, to             strike with effect.          {To strike in}.             (a) To enter suddenly.             (b) To disappear from the surface, with internal effects,                   as an eruptive disease.             (c) To come in suddenly; to interpose; to interrupt.                   [bd]I proposed the embassy of Constantinople for Mr.                   Henshaw, but my Lord Winchelsea struck in.[b8]                   --Evelyn.             (d) To join in after another has begun,as in singing.          {To strike in with}, to conform to; to suit itself to; to             side with, to join with at once. [bd]To assert this is to             strike in with the known enemies of God's grace.[b8]             --South.          {To strike out}.             (a) To start; to wander; to make a sudden excursion; as,                   to strike out into an irregular course of life.             (b) To strike with full force.             (c) (Baseball) To be put out for not hitting the ball                   during one's turn at the bat.          {To strike up}, to commence to play as a musician; to begin             to sound, as an instrument. [bd]Whilst any trump did             sound, or drum struck up.[b8] --Shak.
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Strike \Strike\, n.       1. The act of striking.          2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure             of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above             the level of the top; a strickle.          3. A bushel; four pecks. [Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.          4. An old measure of four bushels. [Prov. Eng.]          5. Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.                         Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. [Obs.]          7. The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a             body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance             with demands made on their employer.                         Strikes are the insurrections of labor. --F. A.                                                                               Walker.          8. (Iron Working) A puddler's stirrer.          9. (Geol.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges             of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line             supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum.             It is at right angles to the dip.          10. The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money,             by threat of injury; blackmailing.          {Strike block} (Carp.), a plane shorter than a jointer, used             for fitting a short joint. --Moxon.          {Strike of flax}, a handful that may be hackled at once.             [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer.          {Strike of sugar}. (Sugar Making)             (a) The act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in                   which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the                   coolers.             (b) The quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.
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Strike \Strike\, n.       1. The act of striking.          2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure             of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above             the level of the top; a strickle.          3. A bushel; four pecks. [Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.          4. An old measure of four bushels. [Prov. Eng.]          5. Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.                         Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. [Obs.]          7. The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a             body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance             with demands made on their employer.                         Strikes are the insurrections of labor. --F. A.                                                                               Walker.          8. (Iron Working) A puddler's stirrer.          9. (Geol.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges             of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line             supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum.             It is at right angles to the dip.          10. The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money,             by threat of injury; blackmailing.          {Strike block} (Carp.), a plane shorter than a jointer, used             for fitting a short joint. --Moxon.          {Strike of flax}, a handful that may be hackled at once.             [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer.          {Strike of sugar}. (Sugar Making)             (a) The act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in                   which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the                   coolers.             (b) The quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.
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Fault \Fault\, n.       1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a             crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with             another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the             circuit.          2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of             rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated             structure resulting from such slipping.          Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have                moved is called the          {fault plane}. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a          {vertical fault}; when its inclination is such that the             present relative position of the two masses could have             been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane,             of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a          {normal}, [or] {gravity}, {fault}. When the fault plane is so             inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up             relatively, the fault is then called a          {reverse} (or {reversed}), {thrust}, or {overthrust},       {fault}. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault             is then called a          {horizontal fault}. The linear extent of the dislocation             measured on the fault plane and in the direction of             movement is the          {displacement}; the vertical displacement is the          {throw}; the horizontal displacement is the          {heave}. The direction of the line of intersection of the             fault plane with a horizontal plane is the          {trend} of the fault. A fault is a          {strike fault} when its trend coincides approximately with             the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of             intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal             plane); it is a          {dip fault} when its trend is at right angles to the strike;             an          {oblique fault} when its trend is oblique to the strike.             Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called          {cross faults}. A series of closely associated parallel             faults are sometimes called          {step faults} and sometimes          {distributive faults}.
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Strike \Strike\, n.       1. The act of striking.          2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure             of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above             the level of the top; a strickle.          3. A bushel; four pecks. [Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.          4. An old measure of four bushels. [Prov. Eng.]          5. Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.                         Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. [Obs.]          7. The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a             body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance             with demands made on their employer.                         Strikes are the insurrections of labor. --F. A.                                                                               Walker.          8. (Iron Working) A puddler's stirrer.          9. (Geol.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges             of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line             supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum.             It is at right angles to the dip.          10. The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money,             by threat of injury; blackmailing.          {Strike block} (Carp.), a plane shorter than a jointer, used             for fitting a short joint. --Moxon.          {Strike of flax}, a handful that may be hackled at once.             [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer.          {Strike of sugar}. (Sugar Making)             (a) The act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in                   which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the                   coolers.             (b) The quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.
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Strike \Strike\, n.       1. The act of striking.          2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure             of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above             the level of the top; a strickle.          3. A bushel; four pecks. [Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.          4. An old measure of four bushels. [Prov. Eng.]          5. Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.                         Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. [Obs.]          7. The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a             body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance             with demands made on their employer.                         Strikes are the insurrections of labor. --F. A.                                                                               Walker.          8. (Iron Working) A puddler's stirrer.          9. (Geol.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges             of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line             supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum.             It is at right angles to the dip.          10. The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money,             by threat of injury; blackmailing.          {Strike block} (Carp.), a plane shorter than a jointer, used             for fitting a short joint. --Moxon.          {Strike of flax}, a handful that may be hackled at once.             [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer.          {Strike of sugar}. (Sugar Making)             (a) The act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in                   which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the                   coolers.             (b) The quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.
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Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.       vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.]       1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.          2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to             indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask             information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved             by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;             as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of                   certain hawks, owls, etc.             (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.             (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.          {Black flag}. See under {Black}.          {Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers             attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.          {Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an             admiral, or commodore.          {Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an             enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose             of making some communication not hostile.          {Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money.          {Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not             stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or             waved.          {National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which             some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.          {Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of             danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.          {To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to             its place; -- done as a mark of respect.          {To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in             some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a             white flag.          {To hang the flag} {half-mast high [or] half-staff}, to raise             it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign             of mourning.          {To} {strike, [or] lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in             token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of             surrender.          {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also             carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious             disease is on board.
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Striker \Strik"er\, n.       1. One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a             blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.          2. A harpoon; also, a harpooner.                         Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out                      our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard,                      to try fish.                                       --Dampier.          3. A wencher; a lewd man. [Obs.] --Massinger.          4. A workman who is on a strike.          5. A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political             influence can be bought. [Political Cant]
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Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},       {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than       stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.       str[c6]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,       stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[c6]hhan,       L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but       perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a       row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]       1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or             with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either             with the hand or with any instrument or missile.                         He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;                      while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet             struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship             struck a reef.          3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a             force to; to dash; to cast.                         They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the                      two sideposts.                                    --Ex. xii. 7.                         Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.                                                                               --Byron.          4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike             coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.          5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in             the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.          6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.                         To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes                      for equity.                                       --Prov. xvii.                                                                               26.          7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or             notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;             the drums strike up a march.          8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike             sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of             surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to             strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.          9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect             sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,             with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or             horror.                         Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the                      first view.                                       --Atterbury.                         They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.                                                                               --Pope.          10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden             impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me             favorably; to strike one dead or blind.                         How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!                                                                               --Landor.          11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a             stroke; as, to strike a light.                         Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a                      universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.          12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.          13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.          Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[d2]dus ferrire, to                strike a compact, so called because an animal was                struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.          14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.             [Old Slang]          15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by             scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the             level of the top.          16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the             face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.          17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a             strange word; they soon struck the trail.          18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck             a friend for five dollars. [Slang]          19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.          20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.                         Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand                      over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.                                                                               11.          21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past             participle. [bd]Well struck in years.[b8] --Shak.          {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under             {Attitude}, and {Balance}.          {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury             ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain             number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to             reduce it to the number of persons required by law.             --Burrill.          {To strike a lead}.             (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.             (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]          {To strike} {a ledger, [or] an account}, to balance it.          {To strike hands with}.             (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.             (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.                            {To strike off}.             (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike                   off the interest of a debt.             (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a                   thousand copies of a book.
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Striking \Strik"ing\,       a. & n. from {Strike}, v.          {Striking distance}, the distance through which an object can             be reached by striking; the distance at which a force is             effective when directed to a particular object.
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Striking \Strik"ing\, a.       Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible;       impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or       image; a striking resemblance. [bd]A striking fact.[b8] --De       Quincey. -- {Strik"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Strik"ing*ness}, n.
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Striking \Strik"ing\,       a. & n. from {Strike}, v.          {Striking distance}, the distance through which an object can             be reached by striking; the distance at which a force is             effective when directed to a particular object.
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{Striking plate}.       (a) The plate against which the latch of a door lock strikes             as the door is closed.       (b) A part of the centering of an arch, which is driven back             to loosen the centering in striking it.
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Striking \Strik"ing\, a.       Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible;       impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or       image; a striking resemblance. [bd]A striking fact.[b8] --De       Quincey. -- {Strik"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Strik"ing*ness}, n.
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Striking \Strik"ing\, a.       Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible;       impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or       image; a striking resemblance. [bd]A striking fact.[b8] --De       Quincey. -- {Strik"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Strik"ing*ness}, n.
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Strikle \Strik"le\, n.       See {Strickle}.
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Strix \Strix\, n. [L. strix, strigis.] (Arch.)       One of the flutings of a column.
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard    grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,    troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,    ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,    etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}    (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.    Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.    Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed    meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a    striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,    hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,    etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama    grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in    Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,    meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear    grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,    troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum    jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.    Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.    Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal    grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,    valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,    hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.          Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not                true grasses botanically considered, such as black                grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.          {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),             growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.          {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum             avenaceum} of Europe.          {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}             growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.             palustris}; in the United States there are several             species.          {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.          {Grass bird}, the dunlin.          {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the             grass-cloth plant.          {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family             ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in             Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and             strong fibers suited for textile purposes.          {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes                   gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and                   {bay-winged bunting}.             (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of                   which several species are known.          {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land             and giving rich milk.          {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.          {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus             {Crambus}, found in grass.          {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in             India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --             used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger             grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.                      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix             Capensis}).          {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of             Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also             applied to the zebra parrakeet.          {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.          {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum             Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.          {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American             finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of             the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.          {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus                   natrix}).             (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.                   See {Green snake}, under {Green}.          {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa             maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.          {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena             n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous             when covered with dew.          {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial             sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.          {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.          {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with             narrow grasslike leaves.          {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.             strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]             (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]             (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or                   prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her                   husband. [Slang.]          {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.          {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the             surface of the ground.          {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze             a season, as cattle.
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Barn \Barn\, n. [OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern,       [91]rn, a close place. [?]92. See {Barley}.]       A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and       other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of       the barn is often used for stables.          {Barn owl} (Zo[94]l.), an owl of Europe and America ({Aluco             flammeus}, or {Strix flammea}), which frequents barns and             other buildings.          {Barn swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common American swallow             ({Hirundo horreorum}), which attaches its nest of mud to             the beams and rafters of barns.
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Strockle \Stroc"kle\, n. (Glass Manuf.)       A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc. [Written       also {strocal}, {strocle}, {strokal}.]
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Strockle \Stroc"kle\, n. (Glass Manuf.)       A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc. [Written       also {strocal}, {strocle}, {strokal}.]
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Strockle \Stroc"kle\, n. (Glass Manuf.)       A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc. [Written       also {strocal}, {strocle}, {strokal}.]
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Strockle \Stroc"kle\, n. (Glass Manuf.)       A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc. [Written       also {strocal}, {strocle}, {strokal}.]
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Split shot \Split shot\ [or] stroke \stroke\ .       In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in       different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed       in contact.
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Stroke \Stroke\, obs. imp. of {Strike}.       Struck.
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Stroke \Stroke\, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See       {Strike}, v. t.]       1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a             violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or             with an instrument or weapon.                         His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down                      the tree.                                          --Deut. xix.                                                                               5.                         A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth                      calleth for strokes.                           --Prov. xviii.                                                                               6.                         He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples                      without striking a stroke.                  --Bacon.          2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction;             soreness.                         In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his                      people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.                                                                               --Isa. xxx.                                                                               26.          3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.                         Well, but what's o'clock? - Upon the stroke of ten.                      -- Well, let is strike.                     --Shak.          4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a             stroking. --Dryden.          5. A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch             of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.                         O, lasting as those colors may they shine, Free as                      thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line. --Pope.          6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written             composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes             to an essay. --Addison.          7. A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a             severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a             sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.                         At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.                                                                               --Harte.          8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. --Tennyson.          9. One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting             medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is             accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying,             or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.; also:             (Rowing)             (a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.             (b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the                   other oars are guided; -- called also {stroke oar}.             (c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.          10. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,             produced, or accomplished; also, something done or             accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a             stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.          11. (Mach.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston             plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam             engine or a pump, in which these parts have a             reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston;             also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston,             in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.          Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down                strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back                strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines                being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward                the front of the vehicle.          12. Power; influence. [Obs.] [bd]Where money beareth [hath]             all the stroke.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).                         He has a great stroke with the reader. --Dryden.          13. Appetite. [Obs.] --Swift.          {To keep stroke}, to make strokes in unison.                         The oars where silver, Which to the tune of flutes                      kept stroke.                                       --Shak.
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Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strokeed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Strokeing}.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[be]cian, fr.       str[c6]can to go over, pass. See {Strike}, v. t., and cf.       {Straggle}.]       1. To strike. [Obs.]                         Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the                      wound, and it will close.                  --Chaucer.          2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the             hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or             tenderness; to caress; to soothe.                         He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He                      stroked her cheeks.                           --Dryden.          3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.          4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.          5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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Split shot \Split shot\ [or] stroke \stroke\ .       In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in       different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed       in contact.
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Stroke \Stroke\, obs. imp. of {Strike}.       Struck.
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Stroke \Stroke\, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See       {Strike}, v. t.]       1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a             violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or             with an instrument or weapon.                         His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down                      the tree.                                          --Deut. xix.                                                                               5.                         A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth                      calleth for strokes.                           --Prov. xviii.                                                                               6.                         He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples                      without striking a stroke.                  --Bacon.          2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction;             soreness.                         In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his                      people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.                                                                               --Isa. xxx.                                                                               26.          3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.                         Well, but what's o'clock? - Upon the stroke of ten.                      -- Well, let is strike.                     --Shak.          4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a             stroking. --Dryden.          5. A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch             of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.                         O, lasting as those colors may they shine, Free as                      thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line. --Pope.          6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written             composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes             to an essay. --Addison.          7. A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a             severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a             sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.                         At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.                                                                               --Harte.          8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. --Tennyson.          9. One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting             medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is             accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying,             or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.; also:             (Rowing)             (a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.             (b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the                   other oars are guided; -- called also {stroke oar}.             (c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.          10. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,             produced, or accomplished; also, something done or             accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a             stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.          11. (Mach.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston             plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam             engine or a pump, in which these parts have a             reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston;             also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston,             in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.          Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down                strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back                strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines                being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward                the front of the vehicle.          12. Power; influence. [Obs.] [bd]Where money beareth [hath]             all the stroke.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).                         He has a great stroke with the reader. --Dryden.          13. Appetite. [Obs.] --Swift.          {To keep stroke}, to make strokes in unison.                         The oars where silver, Which to the tune of flutes                      kept stroke.                                       --Shak.
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Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strokeed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Strokeing}.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[be]cian, fr.       str[c6]can to go over, pass. See {Strike}, v. t., and cf.       {Straggle}.]       1. To strike. [Obs.]                         Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the                      wound, and it will close.                  --Chaucer.          2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the             hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or             tenderness; to caress; to soothe.                         He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He                      stroked her cheeks.                           --Dryden.          3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.          4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.          5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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Stroke \Stroke\, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See       {Strike}, v. t.]       1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a             violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or             with an instrument or weapon.                         His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down                      the tree.                                          --Deut. xix.                                                                               5.                         A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth                      calleth for strokes.                           --Prov. xviii.                                                                               6.                         He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples                      without striking a stroke.                  --Bacon.          2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction;             soreness.                         In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his                      people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.                                                                               --Isa. xxx.                                                                               26.          3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.                         Well, but what's o'clock? - Upon the stroke of ten.                      -- Well, let is strike.                     --Shak.          4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a             stroking. --Dryden.          5. A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch             of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.                         O, lasting as those colors may they shine, Free as                      thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line. --Pope.          6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written             composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes             to an essay. --Addison.          7. A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a             severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a             sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.                         At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.                                                                               --Harte.          8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. --Tennyson.          9. One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting             medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is             accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying,             or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.; also:             (Rowing)             (a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.             (b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the                   other oars are guided; -- called also {stroke oar}.             (c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.          10. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,             produced, or accomplished; also, something done or             accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a             stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.          11. (Mach.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston             plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam             engine or a pump, in which these parts have a             reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston;             also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston,             in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.          Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down                strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back                strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines                being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward                the front of the vehicle.          12. Power; influence. [Obs.] [bd]Where money beareth [hath]             all the stroke.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).                         He has a great stroke with the reader. --Dryden.          13. Appetite. [Obs.] --Swift.          {To keep stroke}, to make strokes in unison.                         The oars where silver, Which to the tune of flutes                      kept stroke.                                       --Shak.
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Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strokeed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Strokeing}.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[be]cian, fr.       str[c6]can to go over, pass. See {Strike}, v. t., and cf.       {Straggle}.]       1. To strike. [Obs.]                         Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the                      wound, and it will close.                  --Chaucer.          2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the             hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or             tenderness; to caress; to soothe.                         He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He                      stroked her cheeks.                           --Dryden.          3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.          4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.          5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strokeed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Strokeing}.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[be]cian, fr.       str[c6]can to go over, pass. See {Strike}, v. t., and cf.       {Straggle}.]       1. To strike. [Obs.]                         Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the                      wound, and it will close.                  --Chaucer.          2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the             hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or             tenderness; to caress; to soothe.                         He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He                      stroked her cheeks.                           --Dryden.          3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.          4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.          5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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Stroker \Strok"er\, n.       One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.                   Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker.      --Bp.                                                                               Warburton.
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Strokesman \Strokes"man\, n.; pl. {Strokesman}. (Rowing)       The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be       followed by the rest. --Totten.
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Stroking \Strok"ing\, n.       1. The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing;             a stroke.                         I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away                      ten thousand tears.                           --Milton.          2. (Needlework) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in             regular order.          3. pl. See {Stripping}, 2. --Smollett.
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Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},       {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than       stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.       str[c6]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,       stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[c6]hhan,       L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but       perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a       row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]       1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or             with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either             with the hand or with any instrument or missile.                         He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;                      while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet             struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship             struck a reef.          3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a             force to; to dash; to cast.                         They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the                      two sideposts.                                    --Ex. xii. 7.                         Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.                                                                               --Byron.          4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike             coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.          5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in             the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.          6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.                         To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes                      for equity.                                       --Prov. xvii.                                                                               26.          7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or             notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;             the drums strike up a march.          8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike             sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of             surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to             strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.          9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect             sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,             with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or             horror.                         Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the                      first view.                                       --Atterbury.                         They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.                                                                               --Pope.          10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden             impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me             favorably; to strike one dead or blind.                         How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!                                                                               --Landor.          11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a             stroke; as, to strike a light.                         Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a                      universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.          12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.          13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.          Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[d2]dus ferrire, to                strike a compact, so called because an animal was                struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.          14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.             [Old Slang]          15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by             scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the             level of the top.          16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the             face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.          17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a             strange word; they soon struck the trail.          18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck             a friend for five dollars. [Slang]          19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.          20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.                         Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand                      over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.                                                                               11.          21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past             participle. [bd]Well struck in years.[b8] --Shak.          {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under             {Attitude}, and {Balance}.          {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury             ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain             number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to             reduce it to the number of persons required by law.             --Burrill.          {To strike a lead}.             (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.             (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]          {To strike} {a ledger, [or] an account}, to balance it.          {To strike hands with}.             (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.             (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.                            {To strike off}.             (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike                   off the interest of a debt.             (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a                   thousand copies of a book.
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Strook \Strook\, obs.       imp. of {Strike}. --Dryden.
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Strook \Strook\, n.       A stroke. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Struck \Struck\,       imp. & p. p. of {Strike}.          {Struck jury} (Law), a special jury, composed of persons             having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by             striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for             each party, leaving the number required by law to try the             cause.
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Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},       {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than       stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.       str[c6]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,       stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[c6]hhan,       L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but       perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a       row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]       1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or             with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either             with the hand or with any instrument or missile.                         He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;                      while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet             struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship             struck a reef.          3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a             force to; to dash; to cast.                         They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the                      two sideposts.                                    --Ex. xii. 7.                         Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.                                                                               --Byron.          4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike             coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.          5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in             the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.          6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.                         To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes                      for equity.                                       --Prov. xvii.                                                                               26.          7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or             notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;             the drums strike up a march.          8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike             sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of             surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to             strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.          9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect             sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,             with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or             horror.                         Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the                      first view.                                       --Atterbury.                         They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.                                                                               --Pope.          10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden             impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me             favorably; to strike one dead or blind.                         How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!                                                                               --Landor.          11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a             stroke; as, to strike a light.                         Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a                      universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.          12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.          13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.          Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[d2]dus ferrire, to                strike a compact, so called because an animal was                struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.          14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.             [Old Slang]          15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by             scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the             level of the top.          16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the             face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.          17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a             strange word; they soon struck the trail.          18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck             a friend for five dollars. [Slang]          19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.          20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.                         Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand                      over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.                                                                               11.          21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past             participle. [bd]Well struck in years.[b8] --Shak.          {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under             {Attitude}, and {Balance}.          {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury             ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain             number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to             reduce it to the number of persons required by law.             --Burrill.          {To strike a lead}.             (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.             (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]          {To strike} {a ledger, [or] an account}, to balance it.          {To strike hands with}.             (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.             (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.                            {To strike off}.             (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike                   off the interest of a debt.             (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a                   thousand copies of a book.
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Struck \Struck\,       imp. & p. p. of {Strike}.          {Struck jury} (Law), a special jury, composed of persons             having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by             striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for             each party, leaving the number required by law to try the             cause.
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Strucken \Struck"en\, obs.       p. p. of {Strike}. --Shak.
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Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},       {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than       stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.       str[c6]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,       stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[c6]hhan,       L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but       perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a       row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]       1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or             with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either             with the hand or with any instrument or missile.                         He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;                      while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet             struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship             struck a reef.          3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a             force to; to dash; to cast.                         They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the                      two sideposts.                                    --Ex. xii. 7.                         Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.                                                                               --Byron.          4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike             coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.          5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in             the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.          6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.                         To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes                      for equity.                                       --Prov. xvii.                                                                               26.          7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or             notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;             the drums strike up a march.          8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike             sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of             surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to             strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.          9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect             sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,             with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or             horror.                         Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the                      first view.                                       --Atterbury.                         They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.                                                                               --Pope.          10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden             impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me             favorably; to strike one dead or blind.                         How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!                                                                               --Landor.          11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a             stroke; as, to strike a light.                         Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a                      universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.          12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.          13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.          Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[d2]dus ferrire, to                strike a compact, so called because an animal was                struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.          14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.             [Old Slang]          15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by             scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the             level of the top.          16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the             face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.          17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a             strange word; they soon struck the trail.          18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck             a friend for five dollars. [Slang]          19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.          20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.                         Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand                      over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.                                                                               11.          21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past             participle. [bd]Well struck in years.[b8] --Shak.          {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under             {Attitude}, and {Balance}.          {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury             ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain             number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to             reduce it to the number of persons required by law.             --Burrill.          {To strike a lead}.             (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.             (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]          {To strike} {a ledger, [or] an account}, to balance it.          {To strike hands with}.             (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.             (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.                            {To strike off}.             (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike                   off the interest of a debt.             (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a                   thousand copies of a book.
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Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. {Thunderstruck};       p. p. {Thunderstruck}, {-strucken}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Thunderstriking}.]       1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]             --Sir P. Sidney.          2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;             -- rarely used except in the past participle.                         drove before him, thunderstruck.         --Milton.
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Strucken \Struck"en\, obs.       p. p. of {Strike}. --Shak.
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Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},       {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than       stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.       str[c6]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,       stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[c6]hhan,       L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but       perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a       row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]       1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or             with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either             with the hand or with any instrument or missile.                         He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;                      while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet             struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship             struck a reef.          3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a             force to; to dash; to cast.                         They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the                      two sideposts.                                    --Ex. xii. 7.                         Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.                                                                               --Byron.          4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike             coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.          5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in             the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.          6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.                         To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes                      for equity.                                       --Prov. xvii.                                                                               26.          7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or             notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;             the drums strike up a march.          8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike             sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of             surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to             strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.          9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect             sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,             with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or             horror.                         Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the                      first view.                                       --Atterbury.                         They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.                                                                               --Pope.          10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden             impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me             favorably; to strike one dead or blind.                         How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!                                                                               --Landor.          11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a             stroke; as, to strike a light.                         Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a                      universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.          12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.          13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.          Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[d2]dus ferrire, to                strike a compact, so called because an animal was                struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.          14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.             [Old Slang]          15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by             scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the             level of the top.          16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the             face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.          17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a             strange word; they soon struck the trail.          18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck             a friend for five dollars. [Slang]          19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.          20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.                         Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand                      over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.                                                                               11.          21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past             participle. [bd]Well struck in years.[b8] --Shak.          {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under             {Attitude}, and {Balance}.          {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury             ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain             number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to             reduce it to the number of persons required by law.             --Burrill.          {To strike a lead}.             (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.             (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]          {To strike} {a ledger, [or] an account}, to balance it.          {To strike hands with}.             (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.             (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.                            {To strike off}.             (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike                   off the interest of a debt.             (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a                   thousand copies of a book.
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Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. {Thunderstruck};       p. p. {Thunderstruck}, {-strucken}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Thunderstriking}.]       1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]             --Sir P. Sidney.          2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;             -- rarely used except in the past participle.                         drove before him, thunderstruck.         --Milton.
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Structural \Struc"tur*al\, a.       1. Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a             structural error.          2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a             structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities             of an animal or a plant.          {Structural formula}. (Chem.) See {Rational formula}, under             {Formula}.
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Botany \Bot"a*ny\, n.; pl. {Botanies}. [F. botanique, a. & n.,       fr. Gr. [?] botanic, fr. [?] herb, plant, fr. [?] to feed,       graze.]       1. The science which treats of the structure of plants, the             functions of their parts, their places of growth, their             classification, and the terms which are employed in their             description and denomination. See {Plant}.          2. A book which treats of the science of botany.          Note: Botany is divided into various departments; as,          {Structural Botany}, which investigates the structure and             organic composition of plants;          {Physiological Botany}, the study of their functions and             life; and          {Systematic Botany}, which has to do with their             classification, description, nomenclature, etc.
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Structural \Struc"tur*al\, a.       1. Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a             structural error.          2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a             structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities             of an animal or a plant.          {Structural formula}. (Chem.) See {Rational formula}, under             {Formula}.
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Formula \For"mu*la\, n.; pl. E. {Formulas}, L. {Formul[91]}.       [L., dim. of forma form, model. See{Form}, n.]       1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or             conventional method in which anything is to be done,             arranged, or said.          2. (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement             of foctrines.          3. (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic             language; as, the binominal formula.          4. (Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a             medicinal compound.          5. (Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters,             figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a             compound.          Note: Chemical formul[91] consist of the abbreviations of the                names of the elements, with a small figure at the lower                right hand, to denote the number of atoms of each                element contained.          {Empirical formula} (Chem.), an expression which gives the             simple proportion of the constituents; as, the empirical             formula of acetic acid is {C2H4O2}.          {Graphic formula}, {Rational formula} (Chem.), an expression             of the constitution, and in a limited sense of the             structure, of a compound, by the grouping of its atoms or             radicals; as, a rational formula of acetic acid is             {CH3.(C:O).OH}; -- called also {structural formula},             {constitutional formula}, etc. See also the formula of             {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}.          {Molecular formula} (Chem.), a formula indicating the             supposed molecular constitution of a compound.
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Structural \Struc"tur*al\, a.       1. Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a             structural error.          2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a             structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities             of an animal or a plant.          {Structural formula}. (Chem.) See {Rational formula}, under             {Formula}.
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Formula \For"mu*la\, n.; pl. E. {Formulas}, L. {Formul[91]}.       [L., dim. of forma form, model. See{Form}, n.]       1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or             conventional method in which anything is to be done,             arranged, or said.          2. (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement             of foctrines.          3. (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic             language; as, the binominal formula.          4. (Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a             medicinal compound.          5. (Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters,             figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a             compound.          Note: Chemical formul[91] consist of the abbreviations of the                names of the elements, with a small figure at the lower                right hand, to denote the number of atoms of each                element contained.          {Empirical formula} (Chem.), an expression which gives the             simple proportion of the constituents; as, the empirical             formula of acetic acid is {C2H4O2}.          {Graphic formula}, {Rational formula} (Chem.), an expression             of the constitution, and in a limited sense of the             structure, of a compound, by the grouping of its atoms or             radicals; as, a rational formula of acetic acid is             {CH3.(C:O).OH}; -- called also {structural formula},             {constitutional formula}, etc. See also the formula of             {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}.          {Molecular formula} (Chem.), a formula indicating the             supposed molecular constitution of a compound.
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Structural shape \Struc"tur*al shape\ (Engin. & Arch.)       The shape of a member especially adapted to structural       purposes, esp. in giving the greatest strength with the least       material. Hence, Colloq., any steel or iron member of such       shape, as channel irons, I beams, T beams, etc., or,       sometimes, a column, girder, etc., built up with such       members.
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Structural steel \Structural steel\       (a) Rolled steel in structural shapes.       (b) A kind of strong mild steel, suitable for structural             shapes.
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Structure \Struc"ture\, n. [L. structura, from struere,       structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E.       strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. {Construe}, {Destroy},       {Instrument}, {Obstruct}.]       1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings;             construction. [R.]                         His son builds on, and never is content Till the                      last farthing is in structure spent.   --J. Dryden,                                                                               Jr.          2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.                         Want of insight into the structure and constitution                      of the terraqueous globe.                  --Woodward.          3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent             particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a             rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.                         It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. --Dana.          4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the             different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable             organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of             animals and plants; cellular structure.          5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some             size or magnificence; an edifice.                         There stands a structure of majestic frame. --Pope.          {Columnar structure}. See under {Columnar}.
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Structured \Struc"tured\, a. (Biol.)       Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation       of parts.                   The passage from a structureless state to a structured                state is itself a vital process.            --H. Spencer.
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Structureless \Struc"ture*less\, a.       Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts;       without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a       structureless membrane.
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Structurist \Struc"tur*ist\, n.       One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor. [R.]
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Struggle \Strug"gle\, n.       1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body;             agony; distress.          2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to             avert an evil. --Macaulay.          3. Contest; contention; strife.                         An honest might look upon the struggle with                      indifference.                                    --Addison.          Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.
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Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Struggled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Struggling}.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj[?]ka to       stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike,       Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. {Stroll}.]       1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with             contortions of the body.          2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend             forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle             with the waves; to struggle with adversity.                         The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,                      have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power                      to add or detract.                              --Lincoln.          3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in             any kind of difficulty or distress.                         'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait                      than struggle in the snare.               --Dryden.          Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
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Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Struggled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Struggling}.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj[?]ka to       stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike,       Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. {Stroll}.]       1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with             contortions of the body.          2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend             forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle             with the waves; to struggle with adversity.                         The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,                      have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power                      to add or detract.                              --Lincoln.          3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in             any kind of difficulty or distress.                         'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait                      than struggle in the snare.               --Dryden.          Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
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Struggler \Strug"gler\, n.       One who struggles.
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Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Struggled}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Struggling}.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj[?]ka to       stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike,       Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. {Stroll}.]       1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with             contortions of the body.          2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend             forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle             with the waves; to struggle with adversity.                         The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,                      have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power                      to add or detract.                              --Lincoln.          3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in             any kind of difficulty or distress.                         'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait                      than struggle in the snare.               --Dryden.          Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
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Struse \Struse\, n. [Russ. strug'.] (Naut.)       A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.
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Strychnia \Strych"ni*a\, n. [NL. See {Strychnine}.] (Chem.)       Strychnine.
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Strychnine \Strych"nine\, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade,       Gr. [?]: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.)       A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from       various species of plants, especially from species of       {Loganiace[91]}, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean       ({Strychnos Ignatia}) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as       a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid       taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of       the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also       {strychnia}, and formerly {strychnina}.
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Strychnia \Strych"ni*a\, n. [NL. See {Strychnine}.] (Chem.)       Strychnine.
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Strychnine \Strych"nine\, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade,       Gr. [?]: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.)       A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from       various species of plants, especially from species of       {Loganiace[91]}, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean       ({Strychnos Ignatia}) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as       a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid       taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of       the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also       {strychnia}, and formerly {strychnina}.
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Strychnic \Strych"nic\, a.       Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as,       strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning; specifically       (Chem.), used to designate an acid, called also igasuric       acid.
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Strychnine \Strych"nine\, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade,       Gr. [?]: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.)       A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from       various species of plants, especially from species of       {Loganiace[91]}, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean       ({Strychnos Ignatia}) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as       a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid       taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of       the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also       {strychnia}, and formerly {strychnina}.
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Strychnine \Strych"nine\, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade,       Gr. [?]: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.)       A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from       various species of plants, especially from species of       {Loganiace[91]}, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean       ({Strychnos Ignatia}) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as       a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid       taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of       the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also       {strychnia}, and formerly {strychnina}.
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Ordeal \Or"de*al\ ([ocir]r"d[esl]*[ait]l), n. [AS. ord[be]l,       ord[aemac]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil,       urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin       to [be]- compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig.       meaning, out. See {Deal}, v. & n., and cf. {Arise}, {Ort}.]       1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence,             by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in             Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage             tribes.          Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were                used, the former confined to persons of rank, the                latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was                performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by                walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares,                laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped                unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was                condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed,                either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling                water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of                innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand                and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it                was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was                acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase,                to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or                danger, is derived from the ordeal. See {Wager of                battle}, under {Wager}.          2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.          {Ordeal bean}. (Bot.) See {Calabar bean}, under {Calabar}.          {Ordeal root} (Bot.) the root of a species of {Strychnos}             growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in             trials for witchcraft.          {Ordeal tree} (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar             ({Tanghinia, [or] Cerbera, venenata}). Persons suspected             of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike             fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked             with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
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Snakewood \Snake"wood`\, n. (Bot.)       (a) An East Indian climbing plant ({Strychnos colubrina})             having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for             the bite of the hooded serpent.       (b) An East Indian climbing shrub ({Ophioxylon serpentinum})             which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble             serpents.       (c) Same as {Trumpetwood}.       (d) A tropical American shrub ({Plumieria rubra}) which has             very fragrant red blossoms.       (e) Same as {Letterwood}.
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred,       properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious       act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf.       {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.]       1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent             for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being             redeemed and consecrated to God.                         Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to                      be saints.                                          --1 Cor. i. 2.          2. One of the blessed in heaven.                         Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure                      Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned                      hallelujahs to thee sing.                  --Milton.          3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.]          {Saint Andrew's cross}.             (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under                   {Cross}.             (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum                   Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of                   a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray.          {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6,             under {Cross}.          {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so             called because it was supposed to have been cured by the             intercession of Saint Anthony.          {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium             flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and             St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior.          {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a             favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior.          {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed             ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's             Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior.          {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs             celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred             chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but             now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the             smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under             {Dog}.          {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist.             See under {Love}.          {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of             crinoid stems.          {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant             ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint.          {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}.          {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance,             sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some             prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead             and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and             is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or             pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a             {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor             and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name             from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors.          {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a             field argent, the field being represented by a narrow             fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great             Britain.          {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a             union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the             distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of             England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C.          {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign,             but without the union jack; used as the sign of the             presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C.          {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime             plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it             was manufactured.          {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the             Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar             to the nux vomica.          {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola             Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See             Illust. under {Scallop}.          {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio             Jacob[91]a}).          {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}.          {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus             {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; --             called also {John's-wort}.          {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses             run annually in September at Doncaster, England; --             instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger.          {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American             violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very             mucilaginous and is used in medicine.
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Strychnine \Strych"nine\, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade,       Gr. [?]: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.)       A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from       various species of plants, especially from species of       {Loganiace[91]}, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean       ({Strychnos Ignatia}) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as       a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid       taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of       the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also       {strychnia}, and formerly {strychnina}.
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Nux vomica \Nux` vom"i*ca\ [NL., fr. L. nux [?] nut + vomere to       vomit.]       The seed of {Strychnos Nuxvomica}, a tree which abounds on       the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From       this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine       are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons.
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Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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2. A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands             for poisoning arrows. One kind, {upas antiar}, is, derived             from upas tree ({Antiaris toxicaria}). {Upas tieute} is             prepared from a climbing plant ({Strychnos Tieute}).
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Curarine \Cu"ra*rine\ (k?"r?-r?n [or] k?-r?"r?n; 104), n.       (Chem.)       A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from       the {Strychnos toxifera}. It is obtained in crystalline       colorless salts.
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Sturgeon \Stur"geon\, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio,       OHG. sturjo, G. st[94]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid       fishes belonging to {Acipenser} and allied genera of the       family {Acipenserid[91]}. They run up rivers to spawn, and       are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of       North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the       roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.          Note: The common North American species are {Acipenser                sturio} of the Atlantic coast region, {A.                transmontanus} of the Pacific coast, and {A.                rubicundus} of the Mississippi River and its                tributaries. In Europe, the common species is                {Acipenser sturio}, and other well-known species are                the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in                the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially covered                by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which                one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal.                The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head,                and has four barbels in front.          {Shovel-nosed sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}       (d) .
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Sturk \Sturk\, n.       See {Stirk}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Styracin \Styr"a*cin\, n. [See {Styrax}.] (Chem.)       A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum       storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with       cinnamic alcohol.
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Styrax \Sty"rax\, n. [L. styrax, storax, Gr. [?]. See {Storax}.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or             Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances.             {Styrax officinalis} yields storax, and {S. Benzoin}             yields benzoin.          2. Same as {Storax}.
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Benzoin \Ben*zoin"\ (b[ecr]n*zoin"), n. [Cf. F. benjoin, Sp.       benjui, Pg. beijoin; all fr. Ar. lub[be]n-j[be]w[c6] incense       form Sumatra (named Java in Arabic), the first syllable being       lost. Cf. {Benjamin}.]          Note: [Called also {benjamin}.]       1. A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the             {Styrax benzoin}, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a             fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in             the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a             perfume.          2. A white crystalline substance, {C14H12O2}, obtained from             benzoic aldehyde and some other sources.          3. (Bot.) The spicebush ({Lindera benzoin}).          {Flowers of benzoin}, benzoic acid. See under {Benzoic}.
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Styrax \Sty"rax\, n. [L. styrax, storax, Gr. [?]. See {Storax}.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or             Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances.             {Styrax officinalis} yields storax, and {S. Benzoin}             yields benzoin.          2. Same as {Storax}.
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Sudorous \Su"dor*ous\, a. [L. sudorus, fr. sudor sweat.]       Consisting of sweat. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Suitress \Suit"ress\, n.       A female supplicant. --Rowe.
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d8Sutra \[d8]Su"tra\, n.; pl. {Sutras}. [Skr. s[?]tra a thread,       a string of rules; an aphorism; fr. siv to sew.]       1.             (a) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.             (b) A collection of such aphorisms.          2. pl. A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on             grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a             connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit             literature. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to       LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum       butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.]       1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing             endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species             of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}.          Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting                mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to                lamps and rushlights.          2. The merest trifle; a straw.                         John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.                                                                               --Arbuthnot.          {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}.          {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}.          {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}.          {Nut rush}             (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with                   hard nutlike fruits.             (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having                   tuberous roots.          {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria             denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the             Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}.          {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}.          {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with             wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.          {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack.          {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.}                      {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis},             in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.          {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc.             ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical             practice.          {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs             in some technical characters from {Juncus}.
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Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE.       swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te,       OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr,       s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for       suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to       sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.]       1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;             saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet             beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.          2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a             sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.                         The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.                                                                               --Longfellow.          3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the             sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet             voice; a sweet singer.                         To make his English sweet upon his tongue.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.          4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;             as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.                         Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,                      and plains.                                       --Milton.          5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.          6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:             (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.             (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,                   sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.          7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;             winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.                         Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?                                                                               --Job xxxviii.                                                                               31.                         Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one                      established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.          Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining                compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,                sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.          {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}.          {Sweet apple}. (Bot.)             (a) Any apple of sweet flavor.             (b) See {Sweet-top}.          {Sweet bay}. (Bot.)             (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}).             (b) Swamp sassafras.          {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora}             ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and             producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.                      {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of the North American plants of the                   umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots                   and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.             (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing                   in England.          {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet             flag}, below.          {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum})             from which the gum ladanum is obtained.          {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}.          {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites             sagittata}) found in Western North America.          {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.             See the Note under {Corn}.          {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub             ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having             sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.                      {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus})             having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent             aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and             America. See {Calamus}, 2.          {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter             fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch             myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}.          {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.          {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar             styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}.          {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary             purposes.          {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.          {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}.          {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}.          {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten.          {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea             Ageratum}) allied to milfoil.          {Sweet oil}, olive oil.          {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}.          {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.          {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag.          {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous             ether}, under {Spirit}.          {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea             moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); --             called also {sultan flower}.          {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for             sweetmeats. [Colloq.]          {Sweet William}.             (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many                   varieties.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also                   {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.]          {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale.          {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}.          {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or             special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.             [Colloq.] --Thackeray.          Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
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St. Rose, LA (CDP, FIPS 67740)       Location: 29.95849 N, 90.31454 W       Population (1990): 6259 (2384 housing units)       Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Star City, AR (city, FIPS 66440)       Location: 33.94097 N, 91.84436 W       Population (1990): 2138 (863 housing units)       Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71667    Star City, IN       Zip code(s): 46985    Star City, WV (town, FIPS 76516)       Location: 39.65936 N, 79.98659 W       Population (1990): 1251 (685 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 26505
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Star Junction, PA       Zip code(s): 15482
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stark, KS (city, FIPS 68025)       Location: 37.68955 N, 95.14332 W       Population (1990): 79 (42 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 66775
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stark City, MO (town, FIPS 70414)       Location: 36.86022 N, 94.18861 W       Population (1990): 127 (56 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 64866
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stark County, IL (county, FIPS 175)       Location: 41.08850 N, 89.79492 W       Population (1990): 6534 (2716 housing units)       Area: 745.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)    Stark County, ND (county, FIPS 89)       Location: 46.81321 N, 102.66407 W       Population (1990): 22832 (9585 housing units)       Area: 3466.1 sq km (land), 6.0 sq km (water)    Stark County, OH (county, FIPS 151)       Location: 40.81405 N, 81.36577 W       Population (1990): 367585 (146910 housing units)       Area: 1492.3 sq km (land), 12.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starke, FL (city, FIPS 68525)       Location: 29.94694 N, 82.11216 W       Population (1990): 5226 (2113 housing units)       Area: 17.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 32091
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starke County, IN (county, FIPS 149)       Location: 41.28194 N, 86.64756 W       Population (1990): 22747 (9888 housing units)       Area: 801.1 sq km (land), 7.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starks, LA       Zip code(s): 70661
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starksboro, VT       Zip code(s): 05487
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starkville, CO (town, FIPS 73715)       Location: 37.11724 N, 104.52398 W       Population (1990): 104 (53 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Starkville, MS (city, FIPS 70240)       Location: 33.45672 N, 88.82216 W       Population (1990): 18458 (7776 housing units)       Area: 33.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starkweather, ND (city, FIPS 75580)       Location: 48.45233 N, 98.87775 W       Population (1990): 197 (88 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 58377
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starr County, TX (county, FIPS 427)       Location: 26.57454 N, 98.73328 W       Population (1990): 40518 (12209 housing units)       Area: 3167.9 sq km (land), 16.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starr School, MT (CDP, FIPS 70825)       Location: 48.60201 N, 113.14944 W       Population (1990): 260 (76 housing units)       Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starrsville, GA       Zip code(s): 30209
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Starrucca, PA (borough, FIPS 73784)       Location: 41.90276 N, 75.45437 W       Population (1990): 199 (141 housing units)       Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 18462
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Storey County, NV (county, FIPS 29)       Location: 39.44689 N, 119.53483 W       Population (1990): 2526 (1085 housing units)       Area: 682.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Storrs, CT (CDP, FIPS 73980)       Location: 41.80605 N, 72.25668 W       Population (1990): 12198 (1717 housing units)       Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Storrs Mansfield, CT       Zip code(s): 06268
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Story City, IA (city, FIPS 75675)       Location: 42.18645 N, 93.59161 W       Population (1990): 2959 (1240 housing units)       Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50248
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Story County, IA (county, FIPS 169)       Location: 42.03692 N, 93.46644 W       Population (1990): 74252 (26847 housing units)       Area: 1483.8 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Strasburg, CO       Zip code(s): 80136    Strasburg, IL (village, FIPS 73040)       Location: 39.35055 N, 88.62320 W       Population (1990): 473 (209 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62465    Strasburg, MO (town, FIPS 71098)       Location: 38.75924 N, 94.16470 W       Population (1990): 124 (63 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Strasburg, ND (city, FIPS 76500)       Location: 46.13316 N, 100.16042 W       Population (1990): 553 (241 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 58573    Strasburg, OH (village, FIPS 74958)       Location: 40.60234 N, 81.52942 W       Population (1990): 1995 (861 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 44680    Strasburg, PA (borough, FIPS 74712)       Location: 39.98360 N, 76.18564 W       Population (1990): 2568 (1032 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 17579    Strasburg, VA (town, FIPS 76000)       Location: 38.98847 N, 78.35767 W       Population (1990): 3762 (1604 housing units)       Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 22657
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Straughn, IN (town, FIPS 73664)       Location: 39.80829 N, 85.29043 W       Population (1990): 318 (115 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 47387
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Strausstown, PA (borough, FIPS 74744)       Location: 40.49196 N, 76.18443 W       Population (1990): 353 (155 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stryker, OH (village, FIPS 75140)       Location: 41.50320 N, 84.41760 W       Population (1990): 1468 (559 housing units)       Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43557
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Strykersville, NY       Zip code(s): 14145
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sturgeon, MO (city, FIPS 71224)       Location: 39.23384 N, 92.28130 W       Population (1990): 838 (369 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65284
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sturgeon Bay, WI (city, FIPS 77875)       Location: 44.82164 N, 87.36829 W       Population (1990): 9176 (4049 housing units)       Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54235
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sturgeon Lake, MN (city, FIPS 63220)       Location: 46.38328 N, 92.82705 W       Population (1990): 230 (130 housing units)       Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 55783
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sturgeon-Noblestown, PA (CDP, FIPS 74948)       Location: 40.38880 N, 80.20314 W       Population (1990): 1350 (533 housing units)       Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sturgis, KY (city, FIPS 74316)       Location: 37.54589 N, 87.98734 W       Population (1990): 2184 (1031 housing units)       Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 42459    Sturgis, MI (city, FIPS 76960)       Location: 41.80166 N, 85.42120 W       Population (1990): 10130 (4155 housing units)       Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49091    Sturgis, MS (town, FIPS 71320)       Location: 33.34390 N, 89.04656 W       Population (1990): 198 (105 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 39769    Sturgis, SD (city, FIPS 62100)       Location: 44.41161 N, 103.51459 W       Population (1990): 5330 (2358 housing units)       Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sturkie, AR       Zip code(s): 72578
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sutersville, PA (borough, FIPS 75592)       Location: 40.23570 N, 79.80259 W       Population (1990): 755 (318 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 15083
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sutter County, CA (county, FIPS 101)       Location: 39.03997 N, 121.68913 W       Population (1990): 64415 (24163 housing units)       Area: 1561.0 sq km (land), 16.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sutter Creek, CA (city, FIPS 77392)       Location: 38.39079 N, 120.80347 W       Population (1990): 1835 (952 housing units)       Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 95685
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
stroke n.   Common name for the slant (`/', ASCII 0101111)    character.   See {ASCII} for other synonyms.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Sturgeon's Law prov.   "Ninety percent of everything is crap".    Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon,    who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud.   That's    because 90% of everything is crud."   Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is    cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to `crap'.    Compare {Hanlon's Razor}, {Ninety-Ninety Rule}.   Though this maxim    originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognize it and are all too    aware of its truth.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Sather-K          Karlsruhe Sather.          A sublanguage of {Sather} used for introductory courses in       {object-oriented design} and {typesafe programming}.          E-mail: .          (1994-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SCSI target          A {SCSI} device that executes a command from a       {SCSI initiator} to perform some task.   Typically the target       is a SCSI peripheral device but the {host adapter} can also be       a target.          (1999-02-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SDRC          The company behind {VGX}.          {Home (http://www.sdrc.com/)}.          [More details?]          (1998-02-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SDR-SDRAM          {Single Data Rate Random Access Memory}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
staircase          {jaggies}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
staircasing          {jaggies}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Starset          Portable storage/retrieval language for distributed databases.       "Starset programming Language", M.M. Gilula et al, Nauka,       Moscow 1991, ISBN 5-02-006831-4.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
STARSYS          {Convergent Technologies Operating System}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
stereogram          A two-dimensional image which, when viewed correctly appears       three-dimensional.   E.g. {SIRDS} or {SIRTS}.          {(ftp://katz.anu.edu.au/pub/stereograms)}.          (1994-11-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
storage          (Or "memory") A device into which data can be       entered, in which they can be held, and from which they can be       retrieved at a later time.          (1995-12-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Storage Allocation and Coding Program          (STAC) A symbolic {macro-assembler} for the       {English Electric} {DEUCE}.          ["DEUCE STAC Programming Manual", DEUCE News No. 38, Report       K/AA y 1 DEUCE Library Service, Data Processing and COntrol       Systems DIvision, English Electric Company, Kidsgrove, June].          (1998-06-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Storage Management Services          (SMS) Software that enables network administrators       to route {backup} data from various devices on a network to       another device such as a server or a {magnetic tape} backup       unit.   This is done either to make use of a high-capacity       storage system such as a tape {juke-box} or for disaster       protection.          (1996-02-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Strachey, Christopher          {Christopher Strachey}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
STRESS          STRuctual Engineering Systems Solver.          A system for structural analysis problems in Civil       Engineering.   STRESS was superseded by {STRUDL}.          ["STRESS: A User's Manual", S.J. Fenves et al, MIT Press       1964].          [Sammet 1969, p. 612].          (1995-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
stress testing          Testing aimed at investigating the behaviour of a       software or hardware equipment in out of ordinary operating       conditions.          (1998-03-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
strict          A function f is strict in an argument if          f bottom = bottom          (See {bottom}).   In other words, the result depends on the       argument so evaluation of an application of the function       cannot terminate until evaluation of the argument has       terminated.          If the result is only {bottom} when the argument is bottom       then the function is also {bottom-unique}.          See also {strict evaluation}, {hyperstrict}.          (1995-01-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
strict evaluation          {Call-by-value} evaluation order is sometimes called "strict       evaluation" because, in a sequential system, it makes       functions behave as though they were {strict}, in the sense       that evaluation of a function application cannot terminate       before evaluation of the argument.   Similarly, languages are       called strict if they use {call-by-value} argument passing.          Compare {eager evaluation}, {lazy evaluation}.          (1994-12-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
stroke          The oblique stroke character, "/", ASCII 47.          See {ASCII} for other synonyms.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Stroustrup, Bjarne          {Bjarne Stroustrup}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
struct          A data type in {C} and {C++} corresponding to a       {record} in {Ada} or {Pascal} or a {tuple} in {functional       programming}.   A struct has one or more members, each of which       may have different types.   It is used to group associated data       together.          (1995-02-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
structural recursion          The process of transforming an expression by expressing its       structure as a syntax tree and applying a certain       transformation rule to each kind of node, starting from the       top.   Rules for non-{leaf node}s will normally return a result       which depends on applying the rules recursively to its       sub-nodes.   Examples include {syntax} analysis, {code       generation}, {abstract interpretation} and {program       transformation}.          (1995-01-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
structure diagram          A pictorial representation of the       composition, grouping and relationship of data items.          (1998-06-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Structure of Management Information          (SMI) The rules used to define the objects that can be       accessed via a {network management protocol}.   This {protocol}       is defined in {STD} 16, {RFC} 1155.          See also {Management Information Base}.          (1994-11-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
structured analysis          One of a number of requirements analysis methods used in       software engineering.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
structured design          (SD) One of a number of systematic {top-down       design} techniques used in {software engineering}, usually       after {structured analysis}.          (1995-04-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
structured language          A programming language where the program may be       broken down into blocks or {procedure}s which can be written       without detailed knowledge of the inner workings of other       blocks, thus allowing a {top-down design} approach.          See also {abstract data type}, {module}.          (1995-04-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
structured programming          Any software development technique that includes       {structured design} and results in the development of a       {structured program}.          (1995-04-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Structured Query Language          {SQL}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Sturgeon's Law          "Ninety percent of everything is crap".   Derived from a quote       by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said,       "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud.   That's because 90% of       everything is crud."   Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the       final word is almost invariably changed to "crap".   Compare       {Ninety-Ninety Rule}.   Though this maxim originated in SF       fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its       truth.          [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Shadrach       Aku's command, the Chaldean name given to Hananiah, one of the       Hebrew youths whom Nebuchadnezzar carried captive to Babylon       (Dan. 1:6, 7; 3:12-30). He and his two companions refused to bow       down before the image which Nebuchadnezzar had set up on the       plains of Dura. Their conduct filled the king with the greatest       fury, and he commanded them to be cast into the burning fiery       furnace. Here, amid the fiery flames, they were miraculously       preserved from harm. Over them the fire had no power, "neither       was a hair of their head singed, neither had the smell of fire       passed on them." Thus Nebuchadnezzar learned the greatness of       the God of Israel. (See {ABEDNEGO}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Stargazers       (Isa. 47:13), those who pretend to tell what will occur by       looking upon the stars. The Chaldean astrologers "divined by the       rising and setting, the motions, aspects, colour, degree of       light, etc., of the stars."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Stars       The eleven stars (Gen. 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering       (Jude 1:13); seen in the east at the birth of Christ, probably       some luminous meteors miraculously formed for this specific       purpose (Matt. 2:2-10); stars worshipped (Deut. 4:19; 2 Kings       17:16; 21:3; Jer. 19:13); spoken of symbolically (Num. 24:17;       Rev. 1:16, 20; 12:1). (See {ASTROLOGERS}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Stork       Heb. hasidah, meaning "kindness," indicating thus the character       of the bird, which is noted for its affection for its young. It       is in the list of birds forbidden to be eaten by the Levitical       law (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18). It is like the crane, but larger       in size. Two species are found in Palestine, the white, which       are dispersed in pairs over the whole country; and the black,       which live in marshy places and in great flocks. They migrate to       Palestine periodically (about the 22nd of March). Jeremiah       alludes to this (Jer. 8:7). At the appointed time they return       with unerring sagacity to their old haunts, and re-occupy their       old nests. "There is a well-authenticated account of the       devotion of a stork which, at the burning of the town of Delft,       after repeated and unsuccessful attempts to carry off her young,       chose rather to remain and perish with them than leave them to       their fate. Well might the Romans call it the pia avis!"                In Job 39:13 (A.V.), instead of the expression "or wings and       feathers unto the ostrich" (marg., "the feathers of the stork       and ostrich"), the Revised Version has "are her pinions and       feathers kindly" (marg., instead of "kindly," reads "like the       stork's"). The object of this somewhat obscure verse seems to be       to point out a contrast between the stork, as distinguished for       her affection for her young, and the ostrich, as distinguished       for her indifference.                Zechariah (5:9) alludes to the beauty and power of the stork's       wings.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Shadrach, tender, nipple