Stru"mous (?), a. (Med.) Scrofulous; having struma.
Stru"mous*ness, n. The state of being strumous.
Strum"pet (?), n. [OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe debauchery, F.
stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch, stuprum debauchery, Gael. &
Ir. striopach a prostitute.] A prostitute; a harlot. Shak.
Strum"pet, a. Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a
strumpet.
Out on thy more than strumpet impudence.
B. Jonson.
Strum"pet, v. t. 1. To debauch. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to
belie; to slander.
With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.
Massinger.
Strum"strum (?), n. A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern.
[R.] Dampier.
Strung (?), imp. & p. p. of String.
Strunt (?), n. Spirituous liquor. [Scot.] Burns.
Strun"tian (?), n. A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad.
[Scot.] Jamieson.
Struse (?), n. [Russ. strug'.] (Naut.) A Russian river craft used for
transporting freight.
Strut (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strutted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Strutting.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be
swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.] 1. To swell; to
bulge out. [R.]
The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
Dryden.
2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with
affected dignity.
Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait?
Shak.
Strut, n. [For senses 2 & 3 cf. LG. strutt rigid.] 1. The act of
strutting; a pompous step or walk.
2. (Arch.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or
pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of
Frame, and Roof.
3. (Engin.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal
function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive
stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
Strut, v. t. To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
Strut, a. Protuberant. [Obs.] Holland.
Stru"thi*an (?), a. (Zoöl.) Struthious.
||Stru"thi*o (?), n.; pl. Struthiones (#). [L., an ostrich, fr. Gr.
||&?;.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
||Stru`thi*oi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Struthio, and -oid.] (Zoöl.)
||Same as Struthiones.
||Stru`thi*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL. See Struthio.] (Zoöl.) (a) A
||division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.
||(b) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the
||ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of
||flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitæ, or Dromæognathæ.
Stru`thi*o"nine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Struthious.
Stru"thi*ous (?), a. [L. struthius, strutheus.] (Zoöl.) Of or
pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.
Strut"ter (?), n. One who struts.
Strut"ting, a. & n. from Strut, v. -- Strut"ting*ly, adv.
Struv"ite (?), n. [After the Russian minister Von Struve.] (Min.) A
crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of
magnesia and ammonia.
Strych"ni*a (?), n. [NL. See Strychnine.] (Chem.) Strychnine.
Strych"nic (?), a. Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by
strychnine; as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning; specifically
(Chem.), used to designate an acid, called also igasuric acid.
Strych"nine (?), n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade, Gr. &?;: cf. F.
strychnine.] (Chem.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine,
obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of
Loganiaceæ, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos
Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline
substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in
medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic
stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.
||Strych"nos (?), n. [L., a kind of nightshade, Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) A
||genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceæ. See Nux
||vomica.
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Stryph"nic (?), a. [Gr. &?; astringent.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of
acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline
substance, with a bitter, astringent taste.
Stub (?), n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG.
stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. &?;.] 1.
The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed
in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the
stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Stubs sharp and hideous to behold.
Chaucer.
And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
Dryden.