Stratum

stratum, n. a bed of earth or rock formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers any bed or layer pi. Strata, strata, (L. sterno, stratum, to spread out.] Stratus, stru'tus, «. a form of cloud occurring in a horizontal layer. fL See Stratum.] Straw, straw, n the st.dk on which corn grows, and from which thrashed a quantity of them when thrashed anything worthle . (A.S. stream, Ger stick from the root of Strew. Strawberry, strav/lier-i* w a planr and its berry or fruit, which highly esteemed—prob. so called Iroin its strewing or sprendmg along tiie ground. [AS streawbene Strawed [B for strewed. Mt. and/*./, of Strew, Strawy, straw adj. m;ide of or like straw. Stray, stru, v to wander to go from the inclosure, company, or proper bnnts- 10 err; to row. to deviate from duty or rectitude. — n. a domestic animal th.it has strayed or is lost. [O Fr estnuer, peril, from rstrai—L strata, F Street peril influenced by Strew. Streak, su ck, n a line or long mark different in colmn fmm the ground [in in the appearance presented hy the surface of a mineral when scratched '/ to h»rm streaks in: to mark v.\vh -.vreidxs S o o,b; Uu*’, cog with Ger s trick; fioin root of Strike