Stroll (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Strolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Strolling.] [Cf. Dan. stryge to stroll, Sw. stryka to stroke, to
ramble, dial. Sw. strykel one who strolls about, Icel. strj&?;ka to
stroke, D. struikelen to stumble, G. straucheln. Cf. Struggle.] To
wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.
Swift.
Syn. -- To rove; roam; range; stray.
Stroll, n. A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
Stroll"er (?), n. One who strolls; a vagrant.
||Stro"ma (?), n.; pl. Stromata (#). [L., a bed covering, Gr. &?; a
||couch or bed.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The connective tissue or supporting
||framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. (b) The spongy,
||colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.
2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of
the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
Stro*mat"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; coverlet of a bed, pl. &?; patchwork (for
such a coverlet), also applied to several miscellaneous writings, fr.
&?; anything spread out for resting upon, a bed, fr. &?; to spread
out.] Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.
Stro`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, a bed + -logy.] (Geol.) The
history of the formation of stratified rocks.
Stromb (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus
Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus.
Strom"bite (?), n. (Paleon.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.
Strom"boid (?), a. [Strombus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or
like, Strombus.
Strom*bu"li*form (?), a. [NL. strombulus, dim. of strombus + -form. See
Strombus.] 1. (Geol.) Formed or shaped like a top.