strap skein (strapskan)

In carriage - build ing, a flat strip of iron let into the wood of an axle-arm to protect it from wear. strap-work (strap'werk), n. Architectural ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band IMG:content-2254.png:[blocks in formation] etc. stra (str as), n. [So called from the name of the German inventor, Josef Stra er .] 1. Same as pastel , 3.-2. The refuse of silk left in mak- ing up skeins. E. H. Knight . strata, n. Plural of stratum . stratagem (str at'a-jem), n. [Formerly also strategem; early mod. E. str at age me; stratagème = Sp. est rata gem a = Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems , and spoils. Shak ., M. of V., v. 1. 85. He [Henry V.] never fought Battel, nor won Town, wherein he prevailed not as much by Stratagem as by Force. Baker , Chronicles, p. 179. 2. Any artifice; a trick by which some advantage is intended to be obtained. Ambition is full of distractions; it teems with strata 5981