Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the
terraqueous globe.
Woodward.
3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a
substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the
structure of a sentence.
It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure.
Dana.
4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different
tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic
structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.
5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or
magnificence; an edifice.
There stands a structure of majestic frame.
Pope.
Columnar structure. See under Columnar.
Struc"tured (?), a. (Biol.) Having a definite organic structure;
showing differentiation of parts.
The passage from a structureless state to a structured state is
itself a vital process.
H. Spencer.
Struc"ture*less (?), a. Without a definite structure, or arrangement of
parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a
structureless membrane.
Struc"tur*ist (?), n. One who forms structures; a builder; a
constructor. [R.]
Strude (?), n. A stock of breeding mares. [Written also strode.] [Obs.]
Bailey.
Strug"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Struggling (?).] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj&?;ka to stroke, to
beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G.
straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.] 1. To strive, or to make efforts,
with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly;
as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to
struggle with adversity.
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have
consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract.
Lincoln.
3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of
difficulty or distress.
'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in
the snare.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
Strug"gle (?), n. 1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of
the body; agony; distress.
2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an
evil. Macaulay.