Webster's Dictionary 1913

10315

Strand (2)

Strand, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope).

10316

Strand (3)

Strand, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. strönd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable rive...

10317

Strand (4)

Strand, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n.Stranding.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

10318

Strand (5)

Strand (?), v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

10319

Strang

Strang (?), a. [See Strong.] Strong. Halliwell.

10320

Strange

Strange (?), a. [Compar.Stranger (?); superl.Strangest (?).] [OE. estrange, F. étrange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra,...

10321

Strange (2)

Strange, adv. Strangely.Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. Shak.

10322

Strange (3)

Strange, v. t. To alienate; to estrange.

10323

Strange (4)

Strange, v. i. 1. To be estranged or alienated.2. To wonder; to be astonished. Glanvill.

10324

Strangely

Strange″ly, adv. 1. As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange. Shak.2. In the manner of one who does not know another; distant...

10325

Strangeness

Strange″ness, n. The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

10326

Stranger

Stran″ger (?), n. [OF. estrangier, F. étranger. See Strange.] 1. One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specifically: —(a) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.I am ...

10327

Stranger (2)

Stran″ger, v. t. To estrange; to alienate. Shak.

10328

Strangle

Stran″gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Strangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Strangling (?).] [OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. �, �, fr. � a halter; and perhaps akin to E. ...

10329

Strangle (2)

Stran″gle, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.

10330

Strangle hold

Stran″gle hold. In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.

10331

Strangleable

Stran″gle‐a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being strangled. Chesterfield.

10332

Strangler

Stran″gler (?), n. One who, or that which, strangles. “The very strangler of their amity.” Shak.

10333

Strangles

Stran″gles (?), n. A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.

10334

Strangulate

Stran″gu‐late (?), a.(Bot.) Strangulated.

10335

Strangulated

Stran″gu‐la′ted (?), a. 1. (Med.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a...

10336

Strangulation

Stran″gu‐la′tion (?), n. [L. strangulatio: cf. F. strangulation. See Strangle.] 1. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.2. (Med.) Inordinate compression or con...

10337

Strangurious

Stran‐gu″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. stranguriosus.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to strangury. Cheyne.

10338

Strangury

Stran″gu‐ry (?), n. [L. stranguria, Gr. �; �, �, a drop + � to make water, � urine: cf. F. strangurie. See Strangle, and Urine.] 1. (Med.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by ...

10339

Strany

Stra″ny (?), n.(Zoöl.) The guillemot.

10340

Strap

Strap (?), n. [OE. strope, AS. stropp, L. stroppus, struppus, perhaps fr. Gr. � a band or cord, fr. � to twist, to turn (cf. Strophe). Cf. Strop a strap, a piece of rope.] 1. A ...

10341

Strap (2)

Strap, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Strapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Strapping.] 1. To beat or chastise with a strap.2. To fasten or bind with a strap. Cowper.3. To sharpen by rubbing on a st...