STROLL, str[=o]l, _v.i._ to ramble idly or leisurely: to wander on
foot.--_n._ a leisurely walk: a wandering on foot.--_n._ STROLL'ER. [Skeat
explains as formerly _stroule_, _stroyle_, a contracted form, as if for
_strugle_. Freq. of Dan. _stryge_, to stroll, Sw. _stryka_, to stroke, also
to ramble. Allied to _strike_.]
STROMA, str[=o]'ma, _n._ the subtentacular tissue or substance of an organ
or cell: in fungi, the substance in which the perithecia are immersed: the
solid mass left after all liquid is expressed from protoplasm.--_adjs._
STROMAT'IC; STR[=O]'MATIFORM; STR[=O]'MATOUS. [Gr. _str[=o]ma_, a
covering.]
STROMATOLOGY, str[=o]m-a-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the history of the formation of
the stratified rocks. [Gr. _str[=o]ma_, a covering, _logos_, discourse.]
STROMBUS, strom'bus, _n._ a genus of marine gasteropods, typical of the
family _Strombidæ_, their shells, often called conch-shells, frequently
used as decorative objects and in the manufacture of cameos. [Gr.
_strombos_, a pine-cone.]
STROND, strond, _n._ (_Shak._) the strand, beach.
STRONG, strong, _adj._ firm: having physical power: hale, healthy: able to
endure: solid: well fortified: having wealth or resources: moving with
rapidity: impetuous: earnest: having great vigour, as the mind: forcible:
energetic, determined, positive: affecting the senses, as smell and taste,
forcibly offensive or intense in quality, pungent: loud, stentorian: hard,
indigestible: having a quality in a great degree: intoxicating, rich in
alcohol: bright: intense: well established, firm, steadily going upward
without fluctuation: (_gram._) inflecting by a change of radical vowel
instead of by syllabic addition.--_n._ STRONG'HOLD, a place strong to hold
out against attack: a fastness or fortified place: a fortress.--_adj._
STRONG'-KNIT, firmly jointed or compacted.--_adv._ STRONG'LY.--_adj._
STRONG'-MIND'ED, having a vigorous mind: unfeminine, applied to women who
unsex themselves to obtain the freedom of men.--_ns._ STRONG'-MIND'EDNESS;
STRONG'-ROOM, a firmly secured place where valuables are stored;
STRONG'-WA'TER, ardent spirits.--STRONG ESCAPE (_Shak._), an escape
accomplished by strength. [A.S. _strang_, strong; Ice. _strangr_, Ger.
_streng_, tight.]
STRONGYLE, stron'jil, _n._ a strongyloid nematode worm.--_adj._
STRON'GYLOID. [Gr. _strongylos_, round.]
STRONTIUM, stron'shi-um, _n._ a yellowish, ductile, malleable metal
somewhat harder than lead, existing as a carbonate in the mineral
_Strontianite_ (first found in 1790 near _Strontian_ in Argyllshire), and
as a sulphate in the mineral known as _Celestine_.--_ns._ STRON'TIA, the
oxide of strontium--also STRON'TIAN; STRON'TIANITE, carbonate of strontia.
STROOK, str[=oo]k (_Milt._) obsolete _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _strike_.
STROP, strop, _n._ a strip of leather, or of wood covered with leather,
&c., for sharpening razors.--_v.t._ to sharpen on a strop:--_pr.p._
strop'ping; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ stropped. [Older form of _strap_.]
STROPHANTHUS, str[=o]-fan'thus, _n._ a genus of tropical African and
Asiatic plants of order _Apocynaceæ_, often climbers, the seeds of several
species in Africa yielding arrow-poison, those of _S. hispidus_ yielding an
extremely poisonous bitter principle, STROPHAN'THIN, whose medicinal action
is very similar to that of Digitalis. [Gr. _strophos_, twisted band,
_anthos_, flower.]
STROPHE, str[=o]f'e, _n._ in the ancient drama, the song sung by the chorus
while dancing towards one side of the orchestra, to which its reverse, the
_antistrophe_, answers.--_adj._ STROPH'IC. [Gr.]
STROPHIOLE, strof'i-[=o]l, _n._ (_bot._) an aril-like appendage growing
from the _raphe_ in the fruits of Viola, &c.--_adjs._ STROPH'IOLATE, -D.
[Gr. _strophion_, dim. of _strophos_, a twisted band.]
STROSSERS, stros'[.e]rz, _n._ (_Shak._) trousers. [A form of
_trossers_=_trousers_.]
STROUDING, strowd'ing, _n._ a coarse, warm cloth or blanketing.
STROUP, str[=oo]p, _n._ (_Scot._) a spout, nozzle.
STROUT, strowt, _v.t._ (_Bacon_) to strut, to cause to project or swell
out.
STROVE, str[=o]v, _pa.t._ of _strive_.
STROW, str[=o], same as STREW:--_pa.p._ str[=o]wed or str[=o]wn.
STROY, stroi, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to destroy.
STRUB, strub, _v.t._ and _v.i._ (_prov._) to rob.
STRUCK, STRUCKEN, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _strike_.
STRUCTURE, struk't[=u]r, _n._ manner of building: construction: a building,
esp. one of large size: arrangement of parts or of particles in a
substance: manner of organisation: an organic form.--_adj._ STRUC'T[=U]RAL,
morphological.--_n._ STRUCT[=U]RALIS[=A]'TION.--_adv._ STRUC'T[=U]RALLY, in
a structural manner.--_adjs._ STRUC'TURED, having a certain structure;
STRUC'TURELESS.--_adv._ STRUC'TURELY, in structure, by construction.--_n._
STRUC'T[=U]RIST, one who rears structures. [L. _structura_--_stru[)e]re_,
_structum_, to build.]
STRUGGLE, strug'l, _v.i._ to make great efforts with contortions of the
body: to make great exertions: to contend: to labour in pain: to be in
agony or distress.--_n._ a violent effort with contortions of the body:
great labour: agony.--_n._ STRUGG'LER, one who struggles, strives, or
contends. [Skeat explains M. E. _strogelen_ as a weakened form of an
assumed _strokelen_, a freq. verb, from Ice. _strok-_, stem of _strokinn_,
pa.p. of _strjúka_, to strike; cf. Ice. _strokka_, to churn, also Sw.
_stryka_, to strike.]
STRULDBRUG, struld'brug, _n._ one of a class of immortals in _Gulliver's
Travels_, born with a special mark in the forehead, kept by the public
after eighty.
STRUM, strum, _v.t._ to play on (as a musical instrument) in a coarse,
noisy manner:--_pr.p._ strum'ming; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ strummed. [A variant
of _thrum_.]
STRUMA, str[=oo]'ma, _n._ scrofula:--_pl._ STRU'MÆ.--_adjs._ STRUMAT'IC,
STRU'MOUS, having scrofula: scrofulous--also STRUM[=O]SE'; STRUMIF'EROUS,
bearing strumæ or swellings; STRU'MIFORM, having the form of a
struma.--_ns._ STRUM[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the thyroid gland;
STRUM[=O]'SIS, production of struma; STRU'MOUSNESS. [L.
_strumosus_--_struma_, scrofula.]
STRUMPET, strum'pet, _n._ a whore.--_adj._ like a strumpet: inconstant:
false.--_v.t._ to make a strumpet of: to call a strumpet. [O. Fr. _strupe_,
_stupre_--L. _stuprum_, dishonour, _strupr[=a]re_, to debauch.]
STRUNG, strung, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _string_.
STRUNT, strunt, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to strut.
STRUNT, strunt, _n._ (_Scot._) spirits, a dram of such: a sulky fit.
STRUT, strut, _v.i._ to walk in a pompous manner: to walk with affected
dignity:--_pr.p._ strut'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ strut'ted.--_n._ a proud
step or walk: affectation of dignity in walking.--_n._ STRUT'TER, one who
struts.--_adv._ STRUT'TINGLY, in a strutting manner. [Scand., Dan.
_strutte_, to strut; Low Ger. _strutt_, rigid; Ger. _strotzen_, to be
puffed up.]
STRUT, strut, _n._ a support for a rafter: an instrument for adjusting the
plaits of a ruff.--_v.t._ to brace.
STRUTHIO, str[=oo]'thi-[=o], _n._ the sole genus of _Struthionidæ_, the
African ostriches.--_adjs._ STRU'THIONINE, STRU'THIOUS. [L.,--Gr.
_strouthi[=o]n_, an ostrich.]
STRYCHNINE, strik'nin, _n._ a poisonous alkaloid occurring in crystals,
intensely bitter, colourless and inodorous, obtained from the seeds of nux
vomica--also STRYCH'NIA.--_adj._ STRYCH'NIC.--_ns._ STRYCH'NINISM, the
condition produced by a poisonous dose of strychnine; STRYCH'NISM, the
morbid state of the spinal cord produced by strychnine. [Gr. _strychnos_, a
kind of nightshade.]
STRYDE, str[=i]d, _n._ (_Spens._) stride.
STUB, stub, _n._ the stump left after a tree is cut down: anything short
and thick, a stump or truncated end of anything, a worn horse-shoe nail,
esp. in _pl._: the counterfoil in a cheque-book, &c.--_v.t._ to take the
stubs or roots of from the ground: to cut to a stub: to strike against a
stub:--_pr.p._ stub'bing; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ stubbed.--_adj._ STUBBED,
short and thick like a stump: blunt: obtuse.--_ns._ STUB'BEDNESS;
STUB'BINESS, state of being stubby: stubbedness.--_adj._ STUB'BY, abounding
with stubs: short, thick, and strong.--_ns._ STUB'-[=I]'RON, that worked up
from stubs for gun-barrels; STUB'-NAIL, a short thick nail. [A.S. _styb_;
Dut. _stobbe_, Ice. _stubbi_.]
STUBBLE, stub'l, _n._ the stumps or root-ends of the stalks of corn left in
the ground by the reaper or mower: anything like this, as a bristly beard,
&c.: the sugar-cane in the field after the first year.--_adjs._ STUBB'LED,
covered with stubble; STUBB'LE-FED, fed on the natural grass growing among
stubble.--_ns._ STUBB'LE-GOOSE, or _Harvest-goose_, the greylag goose;
STUBB'LE-RAKE, a rake with long teeth for raking stubble together.--_adj._
STUBB'LY, stubbled: having stubble: covered with stubble. [O. Fr.
_estouble_, prob. Teut. (Old High Ger. _stupfila_), or directly from L.
_stipula_, dim. of _stipes_, a stalk.]
STUBBORN, stub'orn, _adj._ immovably fixed in opinion: obstinate:
persevering: steady: stiff: inflexible: hardy: not easily melted or
worked.--_v.t._ (_Keats_) to make stubborn.--_adv._ STUBB'ORNLY.--_n._
STUBB'ORNNESS.--_adj._ STUBB'ORN-SHAFT'ED, having strong shafts or trunks.
[A.S. _styb_, a stub.]
STUCCO, stuk'[=o], _n._ a plaster of lime and fine sand, &c., used as a
coating for walls, for decorations, &c.: work done in stucco.--_v.t._ to
face or overlay with stucco: to form in stucco.--_n._ STUCC'[=O]ER, one who
works or deals in stucco. [It. _stucco_; from Old High Ger. _stucchi_, a
crust, a shell.]
STUCK, stuk, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _stick_.--_adj._ STUCK'-UP, affectedly
vain, self-important.