Twenty of them fought in this black strife.
Shak.
These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of
war and queen of love.
Dryden.
4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.]
"Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser.
Syn. -- Contest; struggle; quarrel. See Contention.
Strife"ful (?), a. Contentious; discordant.
The ape was strifeful and ambitious.
Spenser.
Stri"gate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having transverse bands of color.
||Stri"ges (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of strix a streech owl; cf. Gr. &?; a
||screaming night bird.] (Zoöl.) The tribe of birds which comprises the
||owls.
Strig"il (?), n. [L. strigilis, from stringere to graze, scrape.] (Gr.
& Rom. Antiq.) An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping
the skin at the bath.
Strig"il*lose` (?), a. [Dim. fr. strigose.] (Bot.) Set with stiff,
slender bristles.
Stri"gine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.
Strig"ment (?), n. [L. strigmentum.] Scraping; that which is scraped
off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Stri*gose" (?), a. [Cf. F. strigueux. See Strigil.] (Bot.) Set with
stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf.