Stron"gy*lid (?), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Strongyloid.
Stron"gy*loid (?), a. [NL. Strongylus the genus (from Gr. &?; round) +
-oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic
nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of
the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and
bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. - - n. A strongyloid worm.
Stron"ti*a (?), n. [NL. strontia, fr. Strontian, in Argyleshire,
Scotland, where strontianite was first found.] (Chem.) An earth of a
white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its
properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium.
Stron"ti*an (?), n. (Min.) Strontia.
Stron"ti*an*ite (?), n. (Min.) Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a
white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous
massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.
Stron"tic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or
designating the compounds of, strontium.
Stron*tit"ic (?), a. Strontic.
Stron"ti*um (?), n. [NL. See Strontia.] (Chem.) A metallic element of
the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the
minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish
metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly
employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol
Sr. Atomic weight 87.3.
Strook (?), obs. imp. of Strike. Dryden.
Strook, n. A stroke. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Stroot (?), v. t. [Cf. Strut, v. i.] To swell out; to strut. [Obs.]
Chapman.
Strop (?), n. [See Strap.] A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.
Strop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stropped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stropping.] To
draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a
razor.
Strop, n. [Cf. F. estrope, étrope, fr. L. struppus. See Strop a strap.]
(Naut.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a
block for hanging it.
||Stro*phan"thus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a turning + &?; a flower.]
||(Bot.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly
||twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used
||medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
Stro"phe (?), n.; pl. Strophes (#). [NL., from Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to
twist, to turn; perh. akin to E. strap.] In Greek choruses and dances,
the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of
the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung
during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse.
See the Note under Antistrophe.
Stroph"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of,
strophes.
{ Stro"phi*o*late (?), Stro"phi*o*la`ted (?), } a. (Bot.) Furnished
with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it. Gray.
Stro"phi*ole (?), n. [L. strophiolum a little chaplet, dim. of
strophium a band, Gr. &?;, dim. of &?; a twisted band: cf. F.
strophiole.] (Bot.) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain
seeds; a caruncle.
||Stroph"u*lus (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) See Red-gum, 1.
Stroud (?), n. A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North
American Indians.
Stroud"ing, n. Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in
trade with the North American Indians.
Strout (?), v. i. [See Strut.] To swell; to puff out; to project.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Strout, v. t. To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly;
to strut. [Obs.] Bacon.
Strove (?), imp. of Strive.
Strow (?), v. t. [imp. Strowed (?); p. p. Strown (?) or Strowed.] Same
as Strew.
Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa.
Milton.
A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished.