<B>stricken, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>hit, wounded, or affected (by a weapon, disease, trouble, sorrow, disaster, or the like). <BR> <I>Ex. a stricken deer, a city stricken by fire, a sorrow-stricken face, a poverty-stricken family. The stricken man was taken immediately to a hospital.</I> (SYN) afflicted. <DD><B> 2. </B>filled level to the top or brim; full but not heaped up. <BR> <I>Ex. a stricken measure or container of grain.</I> <DD><I>verb </I> struck; a past participle of <B>strike.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>stricken in years,</B> </I>old. <BR> <I>Ex. He was stricken in years long before his time.</I> </DL>
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<B>strickle, </B>noun, verb, <B>-led,</B> <B>-ling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a straight piece of wood used to level a measure of grain in a container. <DD><B> 2. </B>a piece of wood covered with emery, used for whetting or sharpening scythes; rifle. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Metallurgy.) <DD><B> a. </B>a straightedge used to level off sand in a flask. <DD><B> b. </B>a specially shaped piece used in sweeping patterns in sand or loam. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to sweep off or level (as grain) with a strickle. </DL>
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<B>strict, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very careful in following a rule or in making others follow it. <BR> <I>Ex. Our teacher is strict but fair.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>harsh; severe; stern. <BR> <I>Ex. strict discipline, strict justice. Cinderella's stepmother was very strict with her.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) exact; precise; accurate. <BR> <I>Ex. the strict meaning of a word. He told the strict truth. A strict construction of the Constitution is a literal interpretation of its words.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) complete; perfect; absolute. <BR> <I>Ex. strict neutrality. The secret was told in strict confidence.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) careful or minute. <BR> <I>Ex. a strict method, a strict inquiry.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Botany.) close or narrow and upright. <BR> <I>Ex. a strict stem or inflorescence.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Archaic.) tight; close. adv. <B>strictly.</B> noun <B>strictness.</B> </DL>
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<B>striction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drawing tight; constriction. </DL>
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<B>stricture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an unfavorable criticism; critical remark. <BR> <I>Ex. We may now and then add a few strictures of reproof (Samuel Johnson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an unhealthy narrowing of some canal, duct, or tube of the body, as of the urethra, esophagus, or intestine. <DD><B> 3. </B>a binding or tightening; binding restriction; constriction. <BR> <I>Ex. A windless stricture of frost had bound the air (Robert Louis Stevenson). They are heterodox Moslems, accepting the Prophet's precepts but rejecting some of his strictures, e.g., their women go unveiled (Time).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) strictness. <BR> <I>Ex. A man of stricture and firm abstinence (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>stride, </B>verb, <B>strode</B> or (Obsolete) <B>strid,</B> <B>stridden</B> or (Obsolete) <B>strid,</B> <B>striding,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to walk with long steps. <BR> <I>Ex. The tall man strides rapidly down the street.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to take a long step; pass (over or across) with a long step. <BR> <I>Ex. He strode over the brook.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to walk with long steps. <BR> <I>Ex. to stride the streets. He strode the halls of the building, looking for the exit.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to go over or across with one long step. <BR> <I>Ex. to stride a brook.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to sit or stand with one leg on each side of; straddle; bestride. <BR> <I>Ex. to stride a fence.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a striding; long step. <BR> <I>Ex. The child could not keep up with his father's stride.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the progressive movement of a horse or certain other animals, completed when all the feet are returned to the same position as at the beginning. <DD><B> 3. </B>the distance covered by a stride. <BR><I>expr. <B>hit one's stride,</B> </I>to reach one's regular speed or normal activity. <BR> <I>Ex. At first the comedian's monologue fell flat, but after a few minutes he hit his stride.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>make great</B> (or <B>rapid</B>) <B>strides,</B> </I>to make great progress; advance rapidly. <BR> <I>Ex. The Corporation ... is making great strides in bringing ample power, irrigation, and agricultural extension services to the land-rich Cauca Valley (Atlantic).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>take in</B> (<B>one's</B>) <B>stride,</B> </I>to deal with in one's normal activity; do or take without difficulty, hesitation, or special effort. <BR> <I>Ex. I'd want something that would look more easy and natural, more as if I took it in stride (Edith Wharton).</I> noun <B>strider.</B> </DL>
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<B>stridence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being strident. </DL>
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<B>stridency, </B>noun. <B>=stridence.</B></DL>
<A NAME="strident">
<B>strident, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>making or having a harsh sound; creaking; grating; shrill. <BR> <I>Ex. The strident voice sounded harsher than ever (Mrs. Humphry Ward). The details make pretty strident reading (Atlantic).</I> (SYN) piercing. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a harsh voice; rasping; shrill. <BR> <I>Ex. a strident person.</I> adv. <B>stridently.</B> </DL>
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<B>stride piano,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Jazz Slang.) ragtime piano playing consisting of single notes on the first and third beats of the bar and chords on the second and fourth beats. </DL>
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<B>stridor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a harsh, shrill sound; strident noise. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Medicine.) a harsh respiratory sound, caused by obstruction of the air passages. </DL>
<B>stridulate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket or katydid does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body. <DD><B> 2. </B>to shrill; chirr. </DL>
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<B>stridulation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or sound of stridulating. </DL>
<A NAME="stridulatory">
<B>stridulatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with stridulation; stridulating. </DL>
<A NAME="stridulous">
<B>stridulous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>making a harsh or grating sound; strident. <BR> <I>Ex. She ... closed her eyes in halcyon tranquility, enjoying everything--even the stridulous cries of the gulls, even the windless heat (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Medicine.) of, having to do with, or characterized by stridor. adv. <B>stridulously.</B> noun <B>stridulousness.</B> </DL>
<B>strife, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of quarreling; fighting. <BR> <I>Ex. bitter strife between rivals.</I> (SYN) conflict, contention. <DD><B> 2. </B>a quarrel; fight. <BR> <I>Ex. to find out the cause of a strife.</I> (SYN) struggle, dispute. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) rivalry; competition; emulation. <BR> <I>Ex. I strove with none, for none was worth my strife (Walter S. Landor).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) a strong effort; endeavor. adj. <B>strifeless.</B> </DL>
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<B>strigil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a scraper for the skin, used after a bath or gymnastic exercise by the ancient Greeks and Romans. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of a set of curved flutings or reedings, used in Roman architecture. <DD><B> 3. </B>a brushlike part on the legs or abdomen of certain insects, such as the bee. </DL>
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<B>strigilation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> vigorous friction with a strigil or the like. </DL>
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<B>strigose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Botany.) covered with stiff and straight bristles or hairs; hispid. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Zoology.) marked with fine, closely set ridges, grooves, or points. </DL>
