String, v. i. To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
Strip"per, n. (Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.
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. (a) Rolled steel in structural shapes. (b) A kind of strong mild steel, suitable for structural shapes.
||Stun"dist (?), n. [Russ. shtundist, prob. fr. G. stunde hour; -- from their meetings for Bible reading.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a large sect of Russian dissenters founded, about 1860, in the village of Osnova, near Odessa, by a peasant, Onishchenko, who had apparently been influenced by a German sect settled near there. They zealously practice Bible reading and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship. -- Stun"dism (#), n.
Stunt (?), n. [Cf. Stint a task.] A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat. [Colloq.]
An extraordinary man does three or four different "stunts" with remarkable dexterity.
The Bookman.
He does not try to do stunts; and, above all, he does not care to go in swimming.