STRUCK
STRUCK, preterit tense and participle passive of strike. [See Strike.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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STRUCKEN
STRUCKEN, the old participle passive of strike, is obsolete.
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE, noun [Latin, to set or lay.]1. Act of building; practice of erecting buildings.His son builds on and never is content, till the last farthing is in structure spent.2....
STRUDE
STRUDE, STRODE, noun A stock of breeding mares.
STRUGGLE
STRUGGLE, verb intransitive [This word may be formed on the root of stretch, right, etc. which signifies to strain; or more directly on the same elements in Latin, to wrinkle.]1...
STRUGGLER
STRUGGLER, noun One who struggles, strives or contends.
STRUGGLING
STRUGGLING, participle present tense Making great efforts; using violent exertions; affected with contortions.STRUGGLING, noun The act of striving; vehement or earnest effort.
STRUMA
STRUMA, noun [Latin] A glandular swelling; scrofula; the kings evil; a wen.
STRUMOUS
STRUMOUS, adjective Having swelling sin the glands; scrofulous.
STRUMPET
STRUMPET, noun A prostitute.STRUMPET, adjective Like a strumpet; false; inconstant.STRUMPET, verb transitive To debauch.
STRUNG
STRUNG, preterit tense of string.
STRUT
STRUT, verb intransitive1. 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?2. To swell; to protu...
STRUTHIOUS
STRUTHIOUS, adjective [Latin] Pertaining to or like the ostrich.
STRUTTER
STRUTTER, noun One who struts.
STRUTTING
STRUTTING, participle present tense Walking with a lofty gait and erect head.STRUTTING, noun The act of walking with a proud gait.
STRUTTINGLY
STRUTTINGLY, adverb With a proud lofty step; boastingly.
STRYCHNIA
STRYCHNIA, noun An alkaline substance obtained from the fruit of the Strychnos nux vomica, and Strychnos ignatia. It is a white substance, crystalized in very small four sided p...
STUB
STUB, noun [Latin, setting, fixing. See Stop.]1. The stump of a tree; that part of the stem of a tree which remains fixed int he earth when the tree is cut down. [Stub, in the U...
STUB-NAIL
STUB-NAIL, noun [stub and nail.] A nail broken off; a short thick nail.
STUBBED
STUBBED, adjective1. Short and thick like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.2. Hardy; not nice or delicate.
STUBBEDNESS
STUBBEDNESS, noun Bluntness; obtuseness.
STUBBLE
STUBBLE, noun [Latin] The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the sythe or sickle.After the first crop is off, the...
STUBBLE-GOOSE
STUBBLE-GOOSE, noun [stubble and goose.] A goose fed among stubble.
STUBBLE-RAKE
STUBBLE-RAKE, noun A rake with long teeth for raking together stubble.
STUBBORN
STUBBORN, adjective [This word is doubtless formed on the root of stub or stiff, and denotes fixed, firm. But the origin of the latter syllable is not obvious.1. Unreasonably ob...
STUBBORNLY
STUBBORNLY, adverb Obstinately; inflexibly; contumaciously.
STUBBORNNESS
STUBBORNNESS, noun1. Perverse and unreasonable obstinacy; inflexibility; contumacy.STUBBORNNESS and obstinate disobedience must be mastered with blows.2. Stiffness; want of plia...