3. Contest; contention; strife.

An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference.

Addison.

Syn. -- Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.

Strug"gler (?), n. One who struggles.

Strull (?), n. A bar so placed as to resist weight.

Strum (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Strummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Strumming.] [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Thrum.] To play on an

instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy

way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.

||Stru"ma (?), n. [L., a scrofulous tumor.] 1. (Med.) Scrofula.

2. (Bot.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the

base of the capsule in many mosses.

Stru*mat"ic (?), a. Scrofulous; strumous.

Stru*mose" (?), a. [L. strumosus: cf. F. strumeux.] 1. (Med.) Strumous.

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