Strel"itz (?), n. sing. & pl. [Russ. strieliéts' a shooter, archer.] A
soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also,
the guard itself.
||Stre*litz"i*a (?), n. [NL., named after Charlotte, Princess of
||Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of Great Britain.]
||(Bot.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of
||Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar
||richly colored flowers.
Strene (?), n. [OE. stren, streen, streon, AS. gestriénan, gestr&?;nan,
gestreónan, to beget, to obtain, gestreón gain, wealth; akin to OHG.
striunan to gain. Cf. Strian race, family.] Race; offspring; stock;
breed; strain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Stren"ger (?), Stren"gest (?) }, the original compar. & superl. of
Strong. [Obs.]
Two of us shall strenger be than one.
Chaucer.
Strength (?), n. [OE. strengthe, AS. strengðu, fr. strang strong. See
Strong.] 1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to
bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical,
intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of
the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.
All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were.
Chaucer.
Thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty.
Milton.
2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies
by which they endure the application of force without breaking or
yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of
a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like. "The brittle
strength of bones." Milton.
3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. "Our castle's strength
will laugh a siege to scorn." Shak.
4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an
institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force;
logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal
obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion;
strength of evidence; strength of argument.
5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force,
strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based;
support; security.
God is our refuge and strength.
Ps. xlvi. 1.
What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall
be one of our principal strengths.
Sprat.
Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation.
Jer. Taylor.
6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an
army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by
land, or by sea?
7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of
literary work.
And praise the easy vigor of a life Where Denham's strength and
Waller's sweetness join.
Pope.