Webster's Dictionary 1913

10288

Strainer

Strain″er (?), n. 1. One who strains.2. That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to s...

10289

Straining

Strain″ing, a. & n. from Strain.Straining piece(Arch.), a short piece of timber in a truss, used to maintain the ends of struts or rafters, and keep them from slipping. See Illu...

10290

Straint

Straint (strānt), n. [OF. estrainte, estreinte, F. étrainte. See 2nd Strain.] Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. Spenser.

10291

Strait

Strait (?), a. A variant of Straight.

10292

Strait (2)

Strait (?), a. [Compar.Straiter (?); superl.Straitest.] [OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F. étroit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p. p. of s...

10293

Strait (3)

Strait (?), adv. Strictly; rigorously. Shak.

10294

Strait (4)

Strait, n.; pl.Straits (#). [OE. straight, streit, OF. estreit, estroit. See Strait, a.] 1. A narrow pass or passage.He brought him through a darksome narrow straitTo a broad ga...

10295

Strait (5)

Strait, v. t. To put to difficulties. Shak.

10296

Strait-handed

Strait″–hand′ed (?), a. Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. — Strait″–hand′ed‐ness, n.

10297

Strait-jacket

Strait″–jack′et (?), n. A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining th...

10298

Strait-laced

Strait″–laced′ (?), a. 1. Bound with stays.Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. Locke.2. Restricted; stif...

10299

Strait-waistcoat

Strait″–waist′coat (?), n. Same as Strait-jacket.

10300

Straiten

Strait″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Straitened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Straitening.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.Waters, when straitened, as at t...

10301

Straitly

Strait″ly, adv. 1. In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously. Mark i. 43.2. Closely; intimately.

10302

Straitness

Strait″ness, n. The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.

10303

Strake

Strake (?), obs.imp. of Strike. Spenser.

10304

Strake (2)

Strake, n. [See Streak.] 1. A streak. Spenser.“White strake.” Gen. xxx. 37.2. An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as th...

10305

Strale

Strale (?), n. Pupil of the eye.

10306

Stram

Stram (?), v. t. [Cf. LG. strammen to strain, straiten, stretch, D. stram strained, tight, G. stramm.] To spring or recoil with violence.

10307

Stram (2)

Stram, v. t. To dash down; to beat.

10308

Stramash

Stram″ash (?), v. t. [Cf. Stramazoun.] To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.

10309

Stramash (2)

Stram″ash, n. A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. Barham.

10310

Stramazoun

Stram″a‐zoun (?), n. [F. estramaçon, It. stramazzone.] A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. B. Jonson.

10311

Stramineous

Stra‐min″e‐ous (?), a. [L. stramineus, fr. stramen straw, fr. sternere, stratum, to spread out, to strew.] 1. Strawy; consisting of straw. Robinson.2. Chaffy; like straw; straw-...

10312

Stramonium

Stra‐mo″ni‐um (?), n. [NL.; Cf. F. stramoine.] (Bot.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.

10313

Stramony

Stram″o‐ny (?), n.(Bot.) Stramonium.

10314

Strand

Strand (?), n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a...