strumpet, strompet, strompett, strum pete

& a. [A nasalized form from O. Fr. strupe, stupre; Lat. stuprum =dishonor, violation; cf. Ital. str up are, stuprare; Sw. estrupar, estuprar = to ravish.] producing upon it a state of compre ion. Specifically: (1) A diagonal timber which acts as a post or brace to support a principal rafter or purlin. Its lower end is stepped into a tie-beam, or on a shoulder of a king or queen post. (2) A brace between joists. IMG:content-0444.png:[blocks in formation] *B. As adj .: Swelling out, swollen, protuberant. "He beginneth now to return with his belly strut and full."-P. Holland: Ammianus Mar cell in us , p. 213. *strut-beam, 8. [STRUTTING-BEAM.] stru-thi-ō, 8. [Lat., from Gr. strouthos =a sparrow, an ostrich.] Ornith.: Ostrich; the typical genus of Strut hi on inæ, having only two toes, the third and fourth on each foot. Most authorities reckon but one species, Struthio camel us; but as the birds from the north of Africa have the skin of the parts not covered with feathers flesh-colored, while this skin is bluish in birds from the south, the latter are sometimes placed in a separate species ( S. australis). Birds from the Somalis country have also been described as forming a distinct species (S. molybdophanes ), because the skin not covered with feathers is of a leaden hue. strû-thi-ō-lạ, subst. [Mod. Lat., from struthio (q.v.). Named from the resemblance of the seeds to a bird's beak.] Bot.: A genus of Thyme laceæ, from the Cape of Good Hope. Pretty plants, with white, yellow, or red flowers, having four stamens. IMG:content-0445.png:[blocks in formation] strychnine