STRIVE, str[=i]v, _v.i._ to make efforts (with _with_, _against_, _for_):
to endeavour earnestly: to labour hard: to struggle, to fight: to contend:
to aim:--_pa.t._ str[=o]ve; _pa.p._ striv'en.--_ns._ STR[=I]V'ER;
STR[=I]V'ING.--_adv._ STR[=I]V'INGLY, with striving, struggles, or earnest
efforts. [O. Fr. _estriver_--_estrif_, strife--Scand., Ice. _strídh_,
strife.]
STRIX, striks, _n._ a genus typical of _Strigidæ_. [L. _strix_--Gr.
_strix_, a screech-owl.]
STROAM, str[=o]m, _v.i._ (_prov._) to wander idly about.
STROB, strob, _n._ the angular velocity of one radian per second.--_adj._
STROB'IC, seeming to spin. [Gr. _strobos_--_strephein_, to twist.]
STROBILA, stro-b[=i]'la, _n._ a discomedusan at the stage succeeding the
scyphistoma: a segmented tapeworm.--_adj._ STROBIL[=A]'CEOUS.--_v.i._
STROB'ILATE.--_n._ STROBIL[=A]'TION. [Gr. _strobil[=e]_, a twisted plug of
lint.]
STROBILE, strob'il, _n._ (_bot._) a cone--also STROB'ILUS.--_adjs._
STROBILIF'EROUS; STROBIL'IFORM; STROB'ILINE; STROB'ILOID.
STROBOSCOPE, strob'[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ an apparatus for observing periodic
motion by throwing light at intervals on the rotating body.--_adj._
STROBOSCOP'IC. [Gr. _strobos_, a turning, _skopein_, to see.]
STRODE, str[=o]d, _pa.t._ of _stride_.
STROKE, str[=o]k, _n._ a blow: a sudden attack: calamity: the sound of a
clock: a dash in writing: the sweep of an oar in rowing, the aftmost oar of
a boat: the movement of the piston of a steam-engine: the touch of a pen or
pencil: any characteristic feature: an effective action, a feat, a masterly
effort: a mental act, the action of any faculty of the mind.--_v.t._ and
_v.i._ to act as stroke for, to row the stroke-oar of a boat.--_n._
STROKE'-OAR, the aftmost oar in a boat, or its rower, whose stroke leads
the rest. [A.S. _strác_, pa.t. of _strícan_, to strike.]
STROKE, str[=o]k, _v.t._ to rub gently in one direction: to rub gently in
kindness.--_ns._ STR[=O]K'ER; STR[=O]K'ING. [A.S. _strácian_, a causal of
_strícan_, as above; cf. Ger. _streicheln_, to stroke, from _streichen_, to
rub.]
STROKE, str[=o]k, obsolete _pa.p._ of _strike_.