Strife

str if, n. Exertion or contention for superior- ity, intellectual or physical; contention in battle; struggle for victorv; that which contended against. [OF. estrif, Ic. stridh, OS., OFries., Dan., and Sw. strid, OHG. str it, OL. L. strife stride, litigate.] — Strive, strTv, v. limp, strove (strov); p.p. striven (striven); striving.] To make efforts, use exertion, labor hard; to struggle in opposition; to contend reciprocally, vie, emulate, endeavor, aim. [OF. estrirer, estrif.] — StriV'er, n. Strigose, str i-gos', Stri'go us, -gus, a. {Bot.) Set with lanceolate bristles hispid. [L. strigosus, string ere, to scrape.]