stratotic (stratotik)

[Irreg. stratum (strāʼtum), n.; pl. strata (-tä). [NL., wanders about idly; a stroller; a wanderer. [Scotch and Irish.] strawl (str a), n. and a. [= Sc. strae; = strawberry taken as an instance in proof of a tendency.5. A clay pipe, especially a long one. [Colloq.] -6. Same as straw -needle.-7. In entom., a stick-insect; a walking-stick. - Duns table straw, wheat-straw used for bonnet-plaits. The middle part of the straw above the last joint is selected. It is cut into lengths of about 10 inches, which are then split by a machine into slips of the requisite width. Whole Duns table signifies a plait that is formed of seven entire straws, while a patent Duns table consists of fourteen split straws. Simmonds. - Face of straw, a sham; a mere effigy. Off drops the Vizor, and a Face of Straw appears. Roger North, Examen, III. viii. § 6. In the straw, lying-in, as a mother; in childbed. Our English plain Proverb de Puer per is, "they are in the straw," shows Feather-Beds to be of no ancient use among the common sort of our nation. Fuller , Worthies, Lincoln shire, II. 263. (Daries.) Jack of straw. Same as jackstraw , 1.- Leghorn straw. See leghorn . Man of straw. See man. - Pad in the strawt. See pad . To break a strawt, to quarrel. Udall , tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 68. - To draw straws, to give indications of sleepine . Lady Answ. I'm sure 'tis time for honest folks to be a-bed. Mi . Indeed my eyes draw straws . Swift, Polite Conversation, iii. To lay a strawt, to pause and make a note. Holland, tr. of Camden, p. 141. II. a. 1. Made or composed of straw: as, a straw hat.- 2. Sham; fictitious; ous; usele : as, a straw bid. Compare straw bail , under bail2 , 5.Straw bond. See bond1.- Straw bonnet, a bonnet made of woven or plaited straw. See straw hat , Dun stable straw (above), and leghorn. - Straw hat, a hat made of straw either woven together in one piece or, as is more common, plaited into a narrow braid which is wound spirally, the separate turns being sewed together where the edges touch. Hats for men and bonnets for women are included under the general term.- Straw mosaic, rope, etc. See the nouns. - Straw vote, a vote taken without previous notice, in a casual gathering or other. wise. See I., 4. strawl (str a), v . t . [ strew . Ex. xxxii. 20. She strawed the roses on the ground, Threw her mantle on the brier. Lord John (Child's Ballads, I. 135). strawberry (str a'beri), n.; pl. strawberries (-iz). [ long stem,' referring to the runners of the plant, or it may allude to an old habit of stringing the berries on a straw. The word is often erroneously explained as a corruption of a supposed * stray berry, or even as referring to the common use of straw or hay about the plants to keep the earth from soiling the berries. No corresponding name appears in the other languages. Cf. strawberry- wise.] The fruit of any of the species of the genus Fragaria, or the plant itself. The plants are stemle , propagating by slender runners (whence strawberry berry ) OS. stro OFries. strē = MD. stroo , stroy, D. stroo = MLG. stro , LG. stro = OHG. stro, MHG. strou, strō ( straw- , strouw- , strow-), G. str oh = Icel. strā = Sw. strå = Dan. straa , straw; appar. 'that which is scattered about' (if so, it must have been orig. applied to the broken stalks of grain after threshing, the simple sense 'stalk' being then later), from the root of strew (dial. straw ): see strew , straw2 ; cf. L. stramen, straw, str a- tum).] I. n. 1. The stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., chiefly of wheat, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, and pease, cut or broken off (and usually dry); also, a piece of sible that they all belong to one multiform species. F. such a stem. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws. Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 913. vinner innerence they are often called th bearing mostly white-petaled flowers in small cymes, fol lowed by the "berry," which consists of an enlarged fleshy receptacle, colored scarlet or other shade of red, bearing the achenes on its exterior. About six natural species are recognized, though these are so variable as to make it pos vesca is common throughout the northern Old World and northward in North America. It includes the alpine strawberry, hautboy, and wood-strawberry (see below), was prob ably the first cultivated, and is the source of many artifi 2. Such stalks collectively, especially after cial varieties, including the perpetuals. The Virgin i an of drying and threshing: as, a load of straw . In sense a collective without plural. this Ne how the fyr was couched first with stree, And thanne with drye stokkes cloven a three. Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 2075. scarlet strawberry, F. Virgin i an a, is common eastward in North America, and in the more robust variety Illinoen sis extends perhaps to Oregon. The achenes, which in F. vesca are superficial, are in this species sunk in pits. It was the source of the famous Hovey's seedling, produced near Boston about 1840, and later of Wilson's Albany (or sim For thy sword and thy bow I care not a straw , Nor all thine arrows to boot. Robin Hood and the Tanner (Child's Ballads, V. 225). Love, like despair, catches at straws , Scott, Quentin Durward, xxxv. 4. [In allusion to the proverb, “A straw shows which way the wind blows."] A slight fact, American strawberry-culture. In Chili and along the Pacific coast from San Francisco to Alaska grows the Chili strawberry, F. Chi lens is, a low stout densely hairy plant with thick leaves and large flowers, which has been the source of valuable hybrids in France and England. The Indian strawberry, F. Indica, peculiar in its yellow petals and tastele fruit, is only of ornamental value. The strawberry was not cultivated by the ancients; its culture in Europe began probably in the fifteenth or sixteenth century. It is now grown in great quantities in Europe and North America for its delicious subacid fruit, which is used fresh for de ert, and also canned or made into jam, and affords a syrup for flavoring drinks, ices, creams, etc. varieties, which are or wholly from the first three species above named, are numerous and constantly changing. See cuts under flagellum and Fragaria . The strawberry grows underneath the nettle. Shak ., Hen. V., i. 1. 60. (c) One of three geometrids, Petrophora truncata , Nemato- camp a filament aria , and Anger one croc at aria , whose larvæ feed on the foliage. (d) The smeared dagger, Acronycta oblinita . strawberry-pear (str a'ber-i-par), n. The fruit of a cacta- ceo us plant, Cereus triangular is, of the West Indies, etc., or the plant itself. This plant has three-angled branches which climb by rooting. The fruit is sub- acid, pleasant, and cool- ing, and is said to be the best-flavored afforded by any plant of the order. strawberry-perch (str a'ber-i-pèrch), n. The gra -ba . (str a'ber-i-plant), n. 1. See strawberry.- Strawberry-pear ( Cereus triangu- a crimson-red color of considerably reduced luminosity strawberry-plant and somewhat reduced chroma. A color disk of 38 parts pure red, 7 parts artificial ultramarine, 48 parts velvet- black, and 7 parts white shows a crushed strawberry.- Hautboy strawberry. See hautboy , 2.- Pine-straw- berry, a variety of the Chili strawberry (see def. above), so called from its pineapple flavor. Also Ananas straw- berry . See Carolina strawberry [Eng.] Scarlet straw- Strawberry crown boerinarculionidbeetle, Tyloder IMG:content-2256.png:[blocks in formation] See strawberry saw- fly (below), and strawberry-worm. Strawberry leaf-roller, a tortricid moth, Phoxopteris berry - shrub . strawberry-roan (str a'ber-i-rōn), a . See roan1 . strawberry-shrub (str a'ber-i-shrub), n. The sweet shrub, Calycanthus florid us and other species. See Calycanthus . strawberry-tomato (str a'ber-i-to-mä"tō), n. The winter-cherry, Physalis Alkekengi . The ber- ry, inclosed within an inflated calyx, resembles a cherry or a very small tomato in appearance. Also called husk strawberry-tree (str a'ber-i-trē), n. [ strawberry - wise . - 2. A handsome evergreen shrub or bushy tree, Arbutus Unedo , native in southern Europe. The scarlet granulated fruit at a distance resembles a strawberry, but is dry and lacking in flavor, though sometimes eaten. In Spain a sugar and a spirit are extracted from it. The flowers appear in au- tumn, when also the fruit, which ripens only the second season, is present. The name is extended to the other species of the genus. See cut under Arbutus , 3. roller. Strawberry-leaves, dukedom: from the eight strawberry-leaves on a ducal coronet. - Strawberryberte root-borer, a moth, Anarsia line a tell a , whose larva bur- rows in the roots of this plant, and often does great dam- age.- Strawberry run. See runl. - Strawberry saw- fly, a small black saw-fly, Emphytus maculatus , whose larva is a strawberry-worm. See cut under Emphytus . - Strawberry spinach. Same as strawberry-blite. Strawberry tongue, in med . , a red papillated tongue, as seen in scarlatina. - Wild strawberry, any native straw- berry; also, sometimes, species of Potentilla , from their re- the typical form of Fragaria vesca . [Eng.] strawberry-ba (str a'ber-i-bas), n. Same as gra - ba . strawberry-blite (str a'ber-i-blit), n. A spe- cies of goosefoot, Che no podium ( Blitum ) capita- tum , also C. ( B. ) virgatum , whose flower-heads ripen into a bright-red juicy compound fruit. They are Old World plants found in gardens, and the fruit, Sylvia cinerea : so called from the straw used in constructing its nest. [Eng.] straw smear (str a'smēr), n. 1. Same as straw- small . - 2. The garden-warbler, Sylvia hortensis . -3. The willow-warbler, Phyllos cop us trochi- lus. [Prov. Eng. in all senses.] straw-stem (str a's tem), n . 1. In gla - making , the stem of a wine-gla pulled out of the sub- stance of the bowl. Hence-2. A wine-gla having a stem of the above character. We may presume that ose ye was a luscious-sweet, or straw- wine , similar to that which is still made in that prov- ince [Alsace]. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 206, note. Strawbery wyse (strawberytre, K. straw be[ry] wyse, H. strawbyry vyse, S). Fragus. Prompt. Parv., p. 478. strawberry-worm (str a'ber-i-wėrm), n . The worm, grub, or caterpillar of any insect which injures the strawberry; especially, the larva of the strawberry saw-fly, Emphytus maculatus , more fully called strawberry false - worm . See cut under Emphytus . [U. S.] strawboard (str a'bōrd), n. A thick and coarse hard-rolled fabric of yellow paper or cardboard made of straw: largely used by makers of cheap paper boxes. straw-buff (str a'buf), n. Straw-color of very straw-yard (str a'yärd), n . straw-worm (strawerm), n . The larva of a trichopterous neuropterous insect; a caddis- IMG:content-2257.png:[blocks in formation] low chroma, as in Manila paper. straw-built (str a'bilt), a. of straw. Milton , P. L., i. 773. straw-cat (str a'kat), n. The pampas-cat. straw-coat (str a'kot), n. Same as pailla e , 2. straw-yellow strayello of straw-color, yellow verging upon IMG:content-2258.png:[blocks in formation] II. n. An extremely luminous, very cool yel- low color, of somewhat reduced chroma, re- calling the color of yellow straw, but cooler in hue. There is a wide range of chroma in colors called by this name. straw-colored (str a'kulord), a . Pale light- yellow, like dry straw; corn-colored; stramine- ous: as, the straw - colored bat, Natalus albiven- ter . straw-cotton (str a'kot"n), n . A cotton thread made for the manufacture of hats and other articles of straw. straw-cutter (str a'kut"ėr), n. In agri ., any machine for cutting straw and hay into short pieces suitable for feed for cattle. straw-drain (str a'drān), n . A drain filled with straw-embroidery (str a'em-broider-i), n. Fancy work done upon net, usually black silk net, by means of yellow straw, which forms the flowers and principal parts of the pattern, and silk of the same color. strawent (str a'en), a . [ straw1 +-en1.] Made of straw. Stow . strayl (strā), v. [ strayen , straien , estrayer , estraer , estraer , wander about, stray (said of an animal, esp. of a horse, going about without its master), also of a person, wan- der, ramble, prob. lit. 'go about the streets or highways' (=It. strad are , put on the way, show the way) (cf. estraier , estrayer , wandering about, straying, stray, = Pr. estradier , one who wan- ders about the streets, stratarius ; cf. also It. stradiot to , a wanderer, traveler, gad- der, a particular use of stradiot to , a soldier, free- booter (see stradiot , estradiot ), a ociated with strad a , street), estrade , a street, road, highway, = Pr. es- trad a = It. strad a , a street, road, highway, strata , a street, road: see estre2 and street . Ac- cording to some etymologists the OF. estraier is prob. Pr. estraguar , extravagari , wan- der, extra , without, + vagari , wander: see extravagant, extravagate. Cf. astray, estray, v ., doublets of stray1 .] I. in trans. 1. To wander, as from a direct course; deviate or go out of the way or from the proper limits; go astray. A sheep doth very often stray , An if the shepherd be a while away. We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. Book of Common Prayer , General Confe ion. Tom Tusher never permitted his mind to stray out of the prescribed University path. Thackeray , Henry Esmond, x. 3. To move about without or as without settled purpose or direction. My eye, descending from the hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays. strayl (strā), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also straye , straie ; by apheresis from estray , n ., as well as astray , orig. pp., estraié , estrayé , strayed, astray, pp. of estraier , estrayer , stray: see stray1, v. Cf. estray , n. In defs. II., 3 and 4, directly from the verb.] I. a . Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; straggling; inc i- dental. Stray beest, that goethe a-stray. Prompt . Parv . , p. 478. That little apothecary who sold a stray customer a pennyworth of saits. Thackeray , Pen dennis, ii. Strike up our drums, pursue the scatter'd stray. Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 2. 120. There is also a school for strays and truants. Harper's Mag ., LXXVIII. 545. IMG:content-2259.png:[blocks in formation] O'er hill and dale with fury she did dreel; A' roads to her were good and bad alike, Nane o''t she wyl'd, but forward on did streek . H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 172. streak2 (strēk), n. [ streke , strike , strica , a line, stroke (= MD. streke , D. streek = MLG. streke , LG. streek = OHG. MHG. G. strich , a stroke, line, G. streich , a stroke, blow, etc., Icel. stryk , strykr , a streak, stroke, = Sw. streck = Dan. streg , a streak, line, = Goth.striks , a stroke of a pen), strican (pp. stricen ), go: see strike , and cf. stroke , strake2 . The L. striga , a swath, furrow, is of diff. origin.] 1. A line, band, or stripe of somewhat irregular shape. While the fantastic Tulip strives to break In two-fold Beauty, and a parted Streak . In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. Cowper , Heroism, 1. 18. 2. In mineral., the line or mark of fine pow- der produced when a mineral is scratched, or when it is rubbed upon a hard, rough surface, as that of unglazed porcelain. The color of the streak is often an important character, particularly in the case of minerals having a metallic luster. For example, certain ma ive forms of the iron ores hematite and mag- netite resemble each other closely, but are readily dis- tinguished by the fact that the former has a red and the 3. In zoöl . , a color-mark of considerable length for its width, and generally le firm and regu- lar than a stripe. See stre streaked, streaky , and compare stripe , 1.-4. Figuratively, a trait; a vein; a turn of character or disposition; a whim. Mrs. Britton had been churning, and the butter "took a contrary streak ," as she expre ed it, and refused to E. Eggleston, The Graysons, xviii. 5. Naut . , same as strake2 , 6.-6t. A rung of a ladder. I would not from your love make such a stray , You are not a little beholden to the poor dear soul To match you where I hate. Shak., Lear, L. 1. 212. that's dead, for putting a streak in your ladder, when you was on the last step of it. Cumber land , Natural Son, iii. 7. A short piece of iron, six of which form the wheel-tire of a wooden artillery-carriage. Ger- minal streak, primitive streak. Same as primitive groove (which see, under primitive ). Streak of luck, for- tunate chance; run of luck. [Colloq., U. S.] Streak of the spear. See spear1 , 6.- To go like a streak (sc. of lightning), to go very rapidly; rush. [Colloq., U. S.] streak2 (strēk), v. t . [ On the strayt, upon strayt, deserting; straggling; scat- tering; wandering. Lokis well to the list is, that no lede pa e! If any stert vpon stray , strike hym to dethe! Somme seruen the kynge, chalengynge hus dettes, Of wardes and of war demotes, wayues and strayues. Piers Plowman (C), i. 92. strayed (strād), p . a . Wandering; astray: as, strayed cattle; a strayed reveler. She. striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light. Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 2096. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. Ps. lxxviii. 16. As streams their channels deeper wear. . Burns , To Mary in Heaven. 2. A steady current in a river or in the sea; especially, the middle or most rapid part of a current or tide: as, to row against the stream ; the Gulf Stream. My boat sails freely, both with wind and stream. Shak ., Othello, ii. 3. 65. Row, brothers, row! the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight 's past! The last faint gleams of the sun's low beams Had streak'd the gray with red. streaks (strēk), v. [Also streek , streik ; an un- a ibilated form of stretch : see stretch .] Ι. trans. 1. To stretch; extend. [Obsolete or dialectal.] Guarding his whelps, and streaks his carele limbs. Chapman, Gentleman Usher, v. 1. 2. To lay out, as a dead body. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] The streikit corpse, till still midnight, They waked, but naething hear. Young Benjie (Child's Ballads, II. 302). II. in trans. To stretch out; shoot, as a rocket or a shooting-star. Fore-god, my lord, haue you beheld the like [a blazing star]? Heywood, If you Know not Me (Works, ed. 1874, I. 292). streaked (strēkt or strē'ked), a . 1. Striped; striate; having streaks or stripes; especially, having lengthwise streaks, as distinguished from cro wise bands, bars, or fasciæ.-2. Confused; ashamed; agitated; alarmed. [Low, U.S.] But wen it comes to bein' killed - I tell ye I felt streaked The fust time't ever I found out wy baggonets wuz peaked. Lowell , Biglow Papers, 1st ser., ii. Bright was the day, and blew the firmament: Phebus hath of gold hise stremes doun ysent To gladen every flour with his warmne . A wandering stream of wind, Breathed from the west, has caught the expanded sail. Shelley , Alastor. 4. Anything i uing from a source and moving or flowing continuously: as, a stream of words; a stream of sand; a stream of people. With never an end to the stream of pa ing feet. Tennyson, Maud, xxvii. L 5. A continued course or current; the course or current of affairs or events; current; drift. Such was the stream of those times that all men gave place unto it, which we cannot but impute partly to their own oversight. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 42 For science, God is simply the stream of tendency by which all things fulfil the law of their being. M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, i. 6. A rift: so called by English anglers. Norris. Gulf Stream. See gulf.- Stream-function of the motion of an incompre ible fluid in two dimen- sions, such a function that the total instantaneous flow acro any curve, referred to the unit of time, is equal to the difference of the values of the stream-function at the extremities of the curve. Stream of thought, the train of ideas which pa succe ively into present con- sciousne , regarded as analogous to a current flowing past a point upon the bank. The stream, the Gulf Stream. = Syn. 1 and 2. Stream , Current , Eddy . All rivers and brooks are streams , and have currents . An eddy is a counter- current , a current contrary to the main direction. [ stroo- Streaked falcon, See falcon . Streaked gurnard, a fish, Trigla lincata . - Streaked sandpipert. See sand- piper . streak field (strēk'fēld), n. The scuttler, or six-striped lizard, Cnemidophorus sex line at us : so called from the swiftne with which it scut- tles or streaks acro fields. streakine (strē ́ki-nes), n . The state or quality of being streaked or streaky. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-2261.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To move or proceed continuously and uniformly, or in unbroken succe ion. And to imperial Love, that god most high, Do my sighs stream. Shak ., All's Well, ii. 3. 82. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 437. 3. To pour out a stream; also, to throw off a stream from the surface: as, streaming eyes; a streaming umbrella. Then grateful Greece with streaming eyes wou'd raise Historic marbles, to record his praise. Fenton, in Pope's Ody ey, i. 305. Blasts that blow the poplar white, And lash with storm the streaming pane. Termemoriam, lxxii. 4. To move swiftly and continuously, as a ray of light; streak. I looked up just in time to see a superb shooting star Nature, XXX. 455. stream acro the heavens. IMG:content-2262.png:[blocks in formation] Calanus told Ones i crit us of a golden world, where meale was as plentifull as dust, and fountainen streamed milke, Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 454. 2. To cause to float out; wave. Many a time hath banish'd Norfolk fought,... Streaming the ensign of the Christian cro Against black pagans, Turks, and Saracens. Shak., Rich. II., iv. 1. 94. 31. To stripe or ray. See streaming , a . [Rare.] The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. Bacon . 4. (a) In mining , to wash, as the superficial detritus, especially that accumulated in the beds of rivers, for the purpose of separating any valuable ore which it may contain. See placer2. The term stream, long in use in Cornwall, exclusively with reference to tin ores, seems hardly to have come into general use in any mining regions except those in which the ore of tin is mined. (b) In dyeing , to wash in running water, as silk, before putting in the dye. Workshop Receipts, 2d ser., p. 40.- To stream a buoy. See buoy . stream-anchor (strēm'ang"kor), n. Naut., an anchor of a size intermediate between the bower anchor and the kedge. It is used for warping and like purposes. In the United States navy stream-anchors weigh from 400 to 1,500 pounds, and are about one fourth the weight of bower-anchors. stream-cable (strēm kā bl), n. The cable or hawser of the stream-anchor.