streptostylic (streptostilik)

[ Streptostylica (strep-to-stil'i-kä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of streptostylicus: see streptostylic.] Streptostylic reptiles, a prime division of ordinary reptiles (as snakes and lizards), having an articulated quadrate bone and a pair of extra cloacal copulatory organs: opposed to Monimostylica. They were divided into Ophi orthogonal to a strain perfectly concurrent with the other stre . Perfectly concurrent stre . (a) Relatively to another stre , a stre equal to that other multiplied by a real number. (b) Relatively to an infinitesimal homoge- neo us strain, a stre such that, if the strain be so com- pounded with a rotation as to produce a pure strain, the motions of the particles upon the surface of a sphere rela- tively to its center represent in magnitude and direction the components of the stre . Principal tension of a stre , a component of the stre along one of its axes.- Radical stre . See def. 5.- Shearing stre , a stre tending to produce a shear.- Storm and stre . See storm. Synclastic stre , a stre upon a plate tending to give it a positive curvature. - Tangential stre , a stre such that its tendency to change the relative pos i- tions of two parts of a solid always acts along the tan- gents to the surface separating those parts. Such a stre consists of three shearing stre es having orthogonal axes. The principal axes of stre . See axis1.- Thorough stre . See def. 5.- Type of a stre . See type . - Vanishing stre , an increasing loudne toward the end of a vowel-sound, producing the effect of a jerk. See def. 5. =Syn. 5. Accent , etc. See emphasis. stre 2 (stres), n. [ distre , q. v.] 1. Distre ; difficulty; extremity; pinch. [Obsolete or ar- chaic.] And help the pure that ar in stres Opprest and here it mercyles. Lauder, Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. S.), 1. 469. The agony and stre Stretching their best abilities to expre e their loues. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 182 He drough oute a letter that was wrapped in a cloth of silke, and straught it to the kynge. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ifi. 639. Ecclus, vii. 32. Twenty fad me of brede the armes straughte . Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 2058. The town stretch eth along the bottome of the haven, backt on the West with a rocky mountain. Sandys , Travailes, p. 10. 2. To be extended or to bear extension with- out breaking, as elastic substances; attain greater length: literally or figuratively. and how earnestly he recommended it. Bp. Atterbury. This, on which the great stre of the busine depends. busine depends, So rare the sweep, so nice the art, That lays no stre on any part. Of pitying love. Whittier, The Two Rabbis. 2. In law : (a) The act of distraining; distre . (b) A former mode of taking up indictments widely enough to include all the poem a stre le (stres'les), a . [ -le .] With- out stre ; specifically, unaccented. Enсус . Brit ., XVIII. 788. stretch (strech), v. [ strecchen (also un- a ibilated streken , whence mod. E. dial. streek , streak , var. strake ) (pret. straughte, straght, strahte, streahte, *streighte, streizte, streihte, strehte, pp. straught, strauzt, streight, streizt, streiht ), streccan (pret. strehte , pp. streht ) = OFries. strekka = D. strekken = MLG. streck- en = OHG. strecchen, MHG. G. strecken = Sw. sträcka = Dan. strække , draw out, stretch; con- nected with the adj. AS. stræc , strec , strong, vio- lent (lit. stretched?), = MHG. strac ( strack- ), G. strack , straight; ✓ strak , perhaps orig. * srak , a var. of rak in retch2 , reck , reach1 ; otherwise akin to L. string ere , pp. strict us , draw tight (see stringent, strain1, strait ), and to Gr. στραγγός, twisted tight. Hence straight , orig. pp. of stretch. Connection with string , strong1 , etc., is uncertain.] I. trans. 1t. To draw (out); pull (out). But stert vp stithly, straght out a swerde. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1240. 2. To draw out to full length; extend; expand; spread: as, to stretch one's self; to stretch the wings; to stretch one's legs; hence, sometimes, to tighten; make tense or taut. Redli, of zour rizt arm that ouer rome streyt, I se wel the sign if i a unce. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2957. I have stretched my legs up Tottenham Hill to overtake you. I. Walton , Complete Angler, p. 43. 3. To extend, or cause to reach or extend, lengthwise, or between specified points: as, to stretch a rope from one point to another. My wings shall be Stretch'd out no further then from thee to thee. Quarles, Emblems, iii. 12. 4. To draw out or extend in any direction by the application of force; draw out by tensile stre : as, to stretch cloth; to stretch a rubber band beyond its strength. My busine and that of my wife is to stretch new boots Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 623. 5. To distend or expand forcibly or violently; strain by the exercise of force; subject to stre , literally or figuratively. Come, stretch thy chest, and let thy eyes spout blood. Shak ., T. and C., iv. 5. 10. They that stretch his Infallibility further do they know not what. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 86. Ray, Works of Creation, p. 287. It is only by a stretch of language that we can be said to desire that which is inconceivable. W. K. Clifford, Lectures, L. 229. 2. A state of tension; strain: as, to be on the stretch. IMG:content-2270.png:[blocks in formation] stre . ( a ) Relatively to a homogeneous strain, a stre which neither increases nor diminishes the work of pro ducing that strain. (6) Relatively to another stre , a stre Till my veins And sinews crack, I'll stretch my utmost strength. Beau . and Fl . (?), Faithful Friends, iii. 3. stretcher tight. By driving small wedges in at the angles the ten sion is increased. (d) One of the rods in an umbrella attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle. (e) In a vehicle, a joint ed rod which when extended expands the carriage-bows, and thus spreads the hood or cover. (f) A short piece of wood placed in the clue of a hammock to extend it. 2. In masonry, a brick or stone laid horizontally with its length in the direction of the face of the wall, as distinguished from a header, which is laid lengthwise acro the thickne of the wall, so that its small head or end is seen in the exter IMG:content-2271.png:[ocr errors] nal face of the wall. See cut under inbond.-3. One of the cylindrical rails between the legs of a chair; a round. E. H. Knight.-4. In cabinet making, a low shelf serving as a brace or stay to the legs of a table, and roomy enough to hold a vase, a basket of flowers, or other ornament. 5. In carp., a tie-timber in a frame.-6. Naut., narrow piece of plank placed acro a boat for the rowers to set their feet against; also, a cro piece placed between a boat's sides to keep them apart when the boat is hoisted up and griped.7. A light, simple litter, without inclosure or top, upon which a dead body or a wounded person can be carried: so called because generally composed of canvas stretched on a frame, or because the body is stretched out upon it. Such frames, covered with canvas, are often used as beds, as in camping.-8. A flat board on which corpses are stretched or laid out preparatory to coffining.-9. In angling: ( a ) The leader at the extreme end of the line. (b) The tail-fly; the fly that is fastened to the cast called the stretcher; a stretcher-fly. See tail - fly (under fly2) and whip.-10. A statement which overstretches the truth; a lie. [Colloq.] -11. In carriage- building, same as strainer, 4. stretcher-bond (strech'er-bond), n. A method of building in which bricks or stones are laid lengthwise in contiguous courses, the joints of one coming at half length of the bricks or stones in the other. See cuts under bond.