Stowre, n. See Stour, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
Stra"bism (?), n. (Med.) Strabismus.
Stra`bis*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Strabismus + -meter.] (Med.) An instrument
for measuring the amount of strabismus.
Stra*bis"mus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to squint, fr. &?;
distorted, squinting.] (Med.) An affection of one or both eyes, in
which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a
defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or
more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.
Stra*bot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; squinting + &?; to cut.] (Surg.) The
operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles
as distort the eyeball.
Strad"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Straddling (?).] [Freq. from the root of stride.] 1. To part the legs
wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon
wheel where they join the hub.
Strad"dle, v. t. To place one leg on one side and the other on the
other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a
horse.
Strad"dle, n. 1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the
feet far apart.
2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who
straddles; as, a wide straddle.
3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and
a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either
to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time,
certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and
within the same time, the same securities. [Broker's Cant]
Strad"dling (?), a. Applied to spokes when they are arranged
alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and
Straddle, v. t., 3. Knight.
Strad`o*met"ric*al (?), a. [It. strada street or road + E. metrical.]
Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. [R.]
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.