Webster's Dictionary 1913

10585

Strombuliform

Strom‐bu″li‐form (?), a. [NL. strombulus, dim. of strombus + -form. See Strombus.] 1. (Geol.) Formed or shaped like a top.2. (Bot.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.

10586

Strombus

‖Strom″bus (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly calle...

10587

Stromeyerite

Stro″mey′er‐ite (?), n. [So named from the German chemist Friedrich Stromeyer.] (Min.) A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.

10588

Strond

Strond (?), n. Strand; beach. Shak.

10589

Strong

Strong (?), a. [Compar.Stronger (?); superl.Strongest (?).] [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong...

10590

Strong-minded

Strong″–mind′ed (?), a. Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; — said of women. — Strong″–mind′ed‐ness, n.

10591

Strong-water

Strong″–wa′ter (?), n. 1. An acid.2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.

10592

Stronghand

Strong″hand′ (?), n. Violence; force; power.It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand. Sir W. Raleigh.

10593

Stronghold

Strong″hold′ (?), n. A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

10594

Strongish

Strong″ish, a. Somewhat strong.

10595

Strongly

Strong″ly, adv. In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly...

10596

Strongylid

Stron″gy‐lid (?), a. & n.(Zoöl.) Strongyloid.

10597

Strongyloid

Stron″gy‐loid (?), a. [NL. Strongylus the genus (from Gr. � round) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species...

10598

Strontia

Stron″ti‐a (?), n. [NL. strontia, fr. Strontian, in Argyleshire, Scotland, where strontianite was first found.] (Chem.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, ...

10599

Strontian

Stron″ti‐an (?), n.(Min.) Strontia.

10600

Strontianite

Stron″ti‐an‐ite (?), n.(Min.) Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic cry...

10601

Strontic

Stron″tic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium.

10602

Strontitic

Stron‐tit″ic (?), a. Strontic.

10603

Strontium

Stron″ti‐um (?), n. [NL. See Strontia.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It...

10604

Strook

Strook (?), obs.imp. of Strike. Dryden.

10605

Strook (2)

Strook, n. A stroke. Chaucer.

10606

Stroot

Stroot (?), v. t. [Cf. Strut, v. i.] To swell out; to strut. Chapman.

10607

Strop

Strop (?), n. [See Strap.] A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.

10608

Strop (2)

Strop, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stropped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Stropping.] To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.

10609

Strop (3)

Strop, n. [Cf. F. estrope, étrope, fr. L. struppus. See Strop a strap.] (Naut.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

10610

Strophanthus

‖Stro‐phan″thus (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sed...

10611

Strophe

Stro″phe (?), n.; pl.Strophes (#). [NL., from Gr. �, fr. � to twist, to turn; perh. akin to E. strap.] In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning fro...