strutter

[English strut, v.; -er.] One who struts; a pompous fellow. "What a mere nothing it is, that this strutter has pronounced with such sonorous rhetorick." -Annot. on Glanvill's Preëxistence. strut-ting, pr. par., a. & 8. [STRUT, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive : Carp.: Diagonal braces between joists to prevent side deflection. When the pieces are cro ed alternately it is called herring-bone strutting. *strutting-beam, *strut-beam, s. Carp.: An old name for a collar-beam (q. v.). strutting-piece, s . Carp .: A straining-piece (q. v.). strut-ting-lý, adv. [Eng. strutting; -ly.] In a strutting manner; with proud or pompous walk; pompously, boastfully. strûv-ite, subst. [After the Ru ian statesman, V. Struve; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: An orthorhombic mineral occurring only in isolated crystals. Hardne , 2.0; specific gravity, 1.65 to 1'7; color, yellowish to brown, becoming white on exposure, by lo of water of crystallization; luster, vitreous; translucent. Composition: Phosphoric acid, 29.0; magnesia, 163; ammonia, 10.6; water, 44'1=100, corresponding to the formula NHO,2MgO, PO5+12HO. Found originally in a bed of peat, above which a large amount of cattle dung existed; since found in guano at various local i. ties. strých'-ně-æ, strych-nā-çě-æ, s. pl. [Modern Latin strychn (os); Latin fem. plural adj. suff. -eæ, -aceœ.] Bot. A tribe of Loganiacese, having the æstivation of the corolla valvate. strých-ni-a, s. [STRYCHNINE.] strých-nic, a . [Eng. strychn ( ine ); -ic.] Of, pertaining to, containing, or derived from strychnine. strychnic-acid, s . [IGASURIC-ACID.]