stramony (stramoni)

[ strand1 (strand), n. [ He fond bi the stronde, Ariued on his londe, Schipes fiftene. King Horn (E. E. T. S.), 1. 35. The strand Of precious India no such Treasure shows. J. Beaumont, Psyche, iii. 24. 2. A small brook or rivulet. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.]-3. A pa age for water; a gutter. B. Jonson, Epig. of Inigo Jones. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch (Scotch also strawn ).] - Strand molerat, the Cape mole-rat of South Africa, Bathyergus mariti mus. See mole - rat , and cut under Bathyergus . strand1 (strand), v. [= D. MLG. G. stranden = Icel. Sw. strand a = Dan. strande; from the noun.] I. trans. To drive or run aground on the sea-shore: as, the ship was stranded in the fog: often used figuratively. II. in trans. 1. To drift or be driven on shore; run aground, as a ship. Stranding on an isle at morn. Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 2. To be checked or stopped; come to a stand still.