She may strew dangerous conjectures.
Shak.
Strew"ing (?), n. 1. The act of scattering or spreading.
2. Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Shak.
Strew"ment (?), n. Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration.
[Obs.] Shak.
Strewn (?), p. p. of Strew.
Stri"a (?), n.; pl. Striæ (#). [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.] 1. A
minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow
structural band or line; a striation; as, the striæ, or groovings,
produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striæ on the
surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the
like. Oxf. Gloss.
Stri"ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Striated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Striating.] [See Striate, a.] To mark with striaæ. "Striated
longitudinally." Owen.
{ Stri"ate (?), Stri"a*ted (?), } a. [L. striatus, p. p. of striare to
furnish with channels, from stria a channel.] Marked with striaæ, or
fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or
lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.
Stri*a"tion (?), n. 1. The quality or condition of being striated.