Strontic Stron"tic adjective (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium.
Strontitic Stron·tit"ic adjective Strontic.
Strontium Stron"ti·um noun [ New Latin See
Strontia .]
(Chemistry) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3.
Strook Strook obsolete
imperfect of Strike . Dryden.
Strook Strook noun A stroke. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Stroot Stroot transitive verb [ Confer
Strut ,
intransitive verb ]
To swell out; to strut. [ Obsolete]
Chapman.
Strop Strop noun [ See
Strap .]
A strap; specifically, same as Strap , 3.
Strop Strop transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Stropped ;
present participle & verbal noun Stropping .]
To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.
Strop Strop noun [ Confer French
estrope ,
étrope , from Latin
struppus . See
Strop a strap.]
(Nautical) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
Strophanthus Stro·phan"thus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a turning + ... a flower.]
(Botany) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species ( Strophanthus hispidus ) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
Strophe Stro"phe noun ;
plural Strophes . [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to twist, to turn; perhaps akin to English
strap .]
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe .
Strophic Stroph"ic adjective Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.
Strophiolate, Strophiolated Stro"phi·o·late, Stro"phi·o·la`ted adjective (Botany) Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it. Gray.
Strophiole Stro"phi·ole noun [ Latin
strophiolum a little chaplet, dim. of
strophium a band, Greek ..., dim. of ... a twisted band: confer French
strophiole .]
(Botany) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.
Strophulus Stroph"u·lus noun [ New Latin ]
(Medicine) See Red-gum , 1.
Stroud Stroud noun A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians.
Strouding Stroud"ing noun Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians.
Strout Strout intransitive verb [ See
Strut .]
To swell; to puff out; to project. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Strout Strout transitive verb To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Strove Strove imperfect of Strive .
Strow Strow transitive verb [
imperfect Strowed ;
past participle Strown or
Strowed .]
Same as Strew . Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks
In Vallombrosa.
Milton. A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished.
M. Arnold.
Strowl Strowl intransitive verb To stroll. [ Obsolete]
Strown Strown past participle of Strow .
Stroy Stroy intransitive verb To destroy. [ Obsolete]
Tusser.
Struck Struck imperfect & past participle 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.
Strucken Struck"en obsolete
past participle of Strike . Shak.
Structural Struc"tur·al adjective 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 .
(Chemistry) See Rational formula , under Formula .
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.
Structural steel Structural steel (a) Rolled steel in structural shapes. (b) A kind of strong mild steel, suitable for structural shapes.
Structure Struc"ture noun [ Latin
structura , from
struere ,
structum , to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to English
strew : confer French
structure . Confer
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 .
Structured Struc"tured adjective (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.
Structureless Struc"ture·less adjective Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane.
Structurist Struc"tur·ist noun One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor. [ R.]
Strude Strude noun A stock of breeding mares. [ Written also
strode .] [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Struggle Strug"gle intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Struggled ;
present participle & verbal noun Struggling .] [ Middle English
strogelen ; confer Icelandic
strj...ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Swedish
stryka to stroke, to strike, Danish
stryge , German
straucheln to stumble. Confer
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.
Struggle Strug"gle noun 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.
Struggler Strug"gler noun One who struggles.
Strull Strull noun A bar so placed as to resist weight.
Strum Strum transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Strummed ;
present participle & verbal noun Strumming .] [ Probably of imitative origin. Confer
Thrum .]
To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.
Struma Stru"ma noun [ Latin , a scrofulous tumor.]
1. (Medicine) Scrofula. 2. (Botany) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.
Strumatic Stru·mat"ic adjective Scrofulous; strumous.
Strumose Stru·mose" adjective [ Latin
strumosus : confer French
strumeux .]
1. (Medicine) Strumous. 2. (Botany) Having a struma.
Strumous Stru"mous adjective (Medicine) Scrofulous; having struma.
Strumousness Stru"mous·ness noun The state of being strumous.
Strumpet Strum"pet noun [ Middle English
strumpet ,
strompet ; confer Old French
stupe debauchery, French
stupe , Latin
stuprare ,
stupratum , to debauch,
stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir.
striopach a prostitute.]
A prostitute; a harlot. Shak.
Strumpet Strum"pet adjective Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet. Out on thy more than strumpet impudence.
B. Jonson.
Strumpet Strum"pet transitive verb 1. To debauch. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander. With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.
Massinger.
Strumstrum Strum"strum noun A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern. [ R.]
Dampier.
Strung Strung imperfect & past participle of String .
Strunt Strunt noun Spirituous liquor. [ Scot.]
Burns.
Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the search box at the right to search all of Enyclo.
