stranger (stranjer)

[ There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing. Lev. xxii. 10. And there ben nouther Thefes ne Robboures in that Contree; and every man worschipethe other; but no man there do the no reverence to no Straunge res , but zif the i ben grete Princes. Mandeville , Travels, p. 250. I am a most poor woman, and a stranger , Born out of your dominions. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. 15. 2. A person with whom one is not acquainted; one whose name and character are unknown. I do desire we may be better strangers. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 2. 275. "As I hope to be sav'd," the stranger said, "One foot I will not flee." Robin Hood and the Stranger (Child's Ballads, V. 406). The name of envy is a stranger here. Fletcher ( and another ?), Nice Valour, v. 2. 3. One who is ignorant (of) or unacquainted (with): with to. I am no stranger to such easy calms As sit in tender bosoms. IMG:content-2248.png:[blocks in formation] strangert (strān'jer), v . t . [ Dower'd with our curse, and stranger'd with our oath. Shak . , Lear, i. 1. 207. strangle (strang'gl), v.; pret. and pp. str an- gled , ppr. strangling . [ estrangler , F. étrangler = Sp. Pg. est ran gular = It. str an go lare , str an gul are , str an gul are , στραγγαλίζειν , strangle, στραγ- γάλη, a halter, cf. στραγγός , twisted, στράγγειν , draw tight, squeeze; cf. L. string ere , draw tight: see strain1 , stringent .] I. trans. 1. Το choke by compre ion of the windpipe; kill by choking; throttle. Fletcher , Pilgrim, ii. 2. 2. To suppre ; keep from emergence or ap pearance; Strangle such thoughts as these with any thing That you behold the while. Shak ., W. T., iv. 4. 47. 3t. To suffocate by drowning. Defoe . =Syn. Choke, Stifle, etc. See smother. II. in trans. To be choked or strangled. 1. 5980 constricted; much narrowed: especially noting the thorax or abdomen when constricted in one or more places, as in many ants. - Strangulated hernia. See def. 1 and hernia. strangulation (strang-gu-lashọn), n. [ Weel I wot it's a crime, baith by the law of God and man, and mony a pretty man has been strapped for it [murder]. Scott , St. Ronan's Well, xiv. To be or become strapped, to lose one's money; be bankrupt or out of money. [Slang.] - To strap a deadeye, to fasten a strap of rope or iron round a block, deadeye, or bull's-eye. otherwise known as prick the garter, prick at the loop, and fast and loose (which see, under fast, a.).