Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . n; a streak. Stramineous, stra-mine-u8, a. Consisting of straw ;chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. Stramonium, stra-mo^nT-um, Stramony, stram^o-nf,71. (Bot.) A poisonousplant having rankleaves, and large trum-pet-shaped flowers, — aspecies of Datura,—used in medicine as anarcotic; thorn-apple. Strand, stran d, n. Theshore or beach of the seaor ocean, or of a largelake. — V. t. To drive orrun agr


Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . n; a streak. Stramineous, stra-mine-u8, a. Consisting of straw ;chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. Stramonium, stra-mo^nT-um, Stramony, stram^o-nf,71. (Bot.) A poisonousplant having rankleaves, and large trum-pet-shaped flowers, — aspecies of Datura,—used in medicine as anarcotic; thorn-apple. Strand, stran d, n. Theshore or beach of the seaor ocean, or of a largelake. — V. t. To drive orrun aground on a shoreor strand, as a ship.—V. i. To drift or be driv-en on shore; to runaground. Strand, strand, n. One ofthe twists of which arope is composed. — v. break one of thestrands ot^(a rope). Strange, stranj, a. Belong-ing to another country;not domestic; belonging to other persons; not be-fore known, heard, or seen; not according to thecommon way; causing surprise; exciting curiosity;new; outlandish; wonderful; odd; queer;particular.— Stranger, n. One who is strange; a foreigner;one whose home is at a distance from the placewhere he is, but in the same country; one who is. , Flower, and Fruit. sQn, cube, full; moon, f^t; cow, oil; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, STRANGLE 418 STRIA unknown or unacquainted, or not familiar; one notadmitted to fellowship ; a guest; visitor, {Law.)One not privy to an act, contract, or , strangl, v. t. [-gled (-gld), -gling.] Todestroy the life of by stopping respiration, suffocate,choke; to suppress. — Strangles,-glz, n. (Far.) Atumor or swelling in a horses throat.— Strangula-ted, a. (Surg.) Having the circulation stopped in. any part by compression. — Strangnlation, w. Actof strangling: suffocation. (Med.) Inordinate com-pression or constriction. — Stran^gtiry, -gu-rT, ) A painful discharge of urine, drop oy drop. — Strangurious, stran-gurl-us, a. Laboring un-der stra


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