strangeness, str an gen esse

[ Eng.strange, adj. -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being strange or foreign; foreignne ; the state or condition of belonging to another country. "If I will obey the gospel, no distance of place, no strangene of country, can make any man a stranger to me."- Sprat . 2. The quality or state of being strange, odd, remarkable, or singular; wonderfulne , surprisingne ; the power or quality of exciting surprise or wonder by novelty. "This is above all strangene ." Shakesp.: Lear, iv. 6. 3. Distance in behavior; reserve, coldne , forbid ding manner. "Ungird thy strangene , and tell me what I shall vent to my lady." -Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , iv. 1. 4. Alienation of mind; estrangement; mutual dislike. "To create a distance and mutual strangene between them."-Scott: Christian Life , bk. ii., ch. vii. *5. Remotene from common manners or notions; uncouthne . "[Men] worthier than himself ere tend the savage strangene he puts on." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , ii. 3. strāng-er, *straung-er, s. & a. [Old French est rangier.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. A foreigner; one who belongs to a foreign country. ( Shakesp .: Henry VIII ., ii. 2.) 2. One of another place in the same country; one whose home is at a distance from where he is. "To see the famished stranger fed." Crabbe: Woman . 3. One unknown or not familiar; as, He is a stranger to me. 4. A guest, a visitor; one not belonging to the house. "A neat room designed for the reception of strangers ." -Dampier: Voyages (an. 1688). 5. A non-member, a visitor. *6. One not admitted to any communication or fellowship; one having no community. 7. Oue not knowing; one ignorant or unacquainted. "But truly there are many that go upon the road, who rather declare themselves strangers to pilgrimage, than strangers and pilgrims on earth."-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. ii. II. Technically : 1. Entom .: A rare European night-moth, Hadena peregrin a. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, 2. Law: One not privy or party to an act. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; strang uri ous B. As adj .: Strange. "The stranger guest Followed and entered with the rest." Long fellow: Musician's Tale, vi. *strāng-er, v. t . [STRANGER, 8.] To estrange, to alienate. "Dower'd with our curse, and stranger'd with our oath." Shakesp.: Lear , i. 1. străń'-gle, verb t. & in. [O. Fr. estrangler (Fr. étrangler), from Lat. strangulo , from Gr. strangga laō , from stranggalē a halter; stranggos =twisted; Sp. & Port. est ran gular .] IMG:content-0393.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Vicia lathyroides and V. hirsuta , tares which strangle other plants. 2. Cuscuta europe a , and the Orobanches, because they strangle tares. ( Prior . ) strangle-weed, 8 . Bot.: (1) The genus Cuscuta; (2) the genus Orobanche. *străn-gle-a-ble, adj . [Eng. strangle; -able .] Capable of being strangled.