strombidIum

[Mod. Lat., from strombus (q. v.), and Gr. eidos =appearance.] Zool.: A genus of Peritrichous Infusoria, family Halteriidæ, from salt and fresh water. Animalcules free-swimming, globose, or turbinate. Their movements are extremely rapid and irregular. tstrom-bū-11-form, a. [Mod. Lat. stromb ulus, from Latin strombus (q. v.), and form a = form, shape.] 1. Bot .: Twisted in a long spire, so as to resemble the convolution of a Stromb, as the legume of Aca cia str ombu lifer a . 2. Geol.: Shaped like a top. strom-būs, s. [Lat., from Gr. strombos =a spiral shell, a top.] 1. Zool .: Stromb; the type-genus of Stromb ide (q. v.). Shell sub-ventricose, tubercular or spiny; spire short; aperture long, with a short canal above, truncated below; outer lip expanded, lobed above, and sinuated near the notch of the anterior canal. Woodward puts the species at sixty-five, from the West Indies, Mediterranean, Red Sea, India, Mauritius, China, New Zealand, Pacific, and Western America. Found on reefs at low water, ranging to ten fathoms. Strombus Gigas. 2. Palcont.: Five species from the Chalk and three from the Miocene of the south of Europe. strand. "So walkyng to the strond ward we bargeynyd by the Chaucer: Tale of Beryn. wey." strong, *streng, *stronge, adj . & adv . [A. S. strong, strang; cogn. with Dutch streng: Icel. strangr; Danish streng ; Sw. sträng; Ger.streng= stretch , strict , stringent , strangle , .] strict. From the same root as strain , strait , straight , A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Having physical power to act; having the power of exerting great bodily force; endowed with strength or bodily force; vigorous, robust. "The strongest body shall it make most weak." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis, 1,145. 2. Having ability or power to bear or endure; having physical or mental pa ive power. 3. Firm, solid, compact; not easily broken. "Though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell." Shakesp.: Tempest , i. 1. 4. Acting by physical force. "If by strong hand you offer to break in." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, iii. 1. 5. Naturally sound or healthy; hale, hearty; not readily affected by disease. "Better is the poor, being sound and strong in constitution, than a rich man afflicted in his body."-Eccles. xxx. 14. 6. Able to sustain attacks; well fortified. "From his strong hold of heaven." Milton: P. L. , vi. 228. 7. Having great military or naval forces; powerful, mighty. "Pompey is strong at sea." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , 1. 4. 8. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong firm. 9. Powerful to the extent of. (In a relative sense when preceded by numerals.) "Seven you sand strong." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I., iv. 1. not by addition of a syllable; thus swim, swam, swum, is a strong verb. [WEAK.] B. As adv.: Strongly. To go (or come ) it strong : To do anything with energy or force. ( Slang .) Strong is largely used in composition, the meanings of the compounds being in most cases self explanatory; as, strong -backed, strong-smelling, strong-voiced, . *strong-barred, adj . Shut with strong bolts. (Shakesp.: King John , ii.) *strong-based, a . Standing upon a firm foundation. ( Shakesp .: Tempest , v.) *strong-besieged, adj . Besieged by a strong force. ( Shakesp .: Rape of Lucrece , 1,429.) *strong-bonded, a . Imposing a strong obliga tion. strong-fixed, a. Firmly established. "Strong- fixed is the house of Lancaster." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., ii. 5.