Strangury

(străng'gu-re.) [From Gr. str anz, a drop, and ou ron, urine.] (Med.) Painfully difficult emi ion of urine. Stranraer, (str an-rār',) a seaport on the S.W.coast of Scotland, co. Wigtown, at the extremity of Loch Ryan, 6 m. N.E. of Port Patrick. Pop. 8,861. Strappado, (străp-pah'do.) [From It. strap pat a.] (Mil.) Formerly, a mode of punishment inflicted in European armies upon offending soldiers. It consisted in drawing the culprit to the top of a beam many feet high, and letting him fall by his own weight to the ground; by which means one or more of his limbs would frequently be dislocated or fractured. [s. 859]