Stra*mo"ni*um (?), n. [NL.; Cf. F. stramoine.] (Bot.) A poisonous plant
(Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.
Stram"o*ny (?), n. (Bot.) Stramonium.
Strand (?), n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne a
skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] One of the twists, or strings,
as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
Strand, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope).
Strand, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel.
strönd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large
lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer.
Strand birds. (Zoöl.) See Shore birds, under Shore. -- Strand plover
(Zoöl.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. -- Strand wolf
(Zoöl.), the brown hyena.
Strand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding.] To
drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
Strand (?), v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as,
the ship stranded at high water.
Strang (?), a. [See Strong.] Strong. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell.
Strange (?), a. [Compar. Stranger (?); superl. Strangest (?).] [OE.
estrange, F. étrange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external,
foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange,
Extraneous.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange
strands." Chaucer.
One of the strange queen's lords.
Shak.