To STRENGTHEN, strẻng'th'n. v. a. To make strong; to confirm, to establish; to animate, to fix in resolution; to make to increase in power or security.

To STRENGTHEN, streng'th'n. v. n. To grow strong.

STRENGTHENER, strẻng'th'n-år. 8. That which gives strength, that which makes strong: in Medicine, strengtheners add to the bulk and firmness of the solids.

horse's throat.

STRATA, stra'tå. s.

Plural of Stratum. 92. Beds, layers.-See DRAMA. STRATAGEM, strât'ta-jem. s. An artifice in war, a trick by which an enemy is deceived; an artifice, a trick.

STRATOCRACY, strå-tôk'râ-sè. s. 518. A military government.

STRATUM, strå'tům. s. A bed, a layer. STRAW, straw. s. 219. The stalk on which corn grows, and from which it is threshed; any thing proverbially worthless. STRAWBERRY, stråw'bêr-rè. s. A plant; the fruit.

STRAWBUILT, stråw'bilt. a. Made up of straw. STRAWCOLOURED, stråw'kål-år’d. ́ ́a. light yellow.

Of a

STRAWWORM, stråw'warm. s. A worm bred

in straw.

STRAWY, straw'è. a. Made of straw, consisting

of straw.

To STRAY, strå. v. n. 220. To wander, to rove; to rove out of the way; to err, to deviate from the right.

STRAY, strå. s. Any creature wandering beyond its limits, any thing lost by wandering; act of wandering.

STREAK, strèke. s. 227. A line of colour different from that of the ground.

To STREAK, strèke. v. a. To stripe, to variegate in hues, to dapple.

STREAKY, strè'kè. a. Striped, variegated by hues.

STREAM, strème. s. 227. A running water; the course of running water, current; any thing issuing from a head, and moving forward with continuity of parts; any thing forcible and continued.

To STREAM, strème. v. n. To flow, to run in a continuous current: to flow with a current; to pour out water in a stream; to issue forth with continuance.

STREAMER, strè'mår. s. 98. An ensign, a flag, a pennon.

STREAMY, strè'mè. a. Abounding in running water flowing with a current. STREET, street. s. 246. A way, properly a paved way: proverbially, a publick place. STREETWALKER, street'wa-kår. s. A commou prostitute that offers herself to sale. STRENGTH, strength. s. Force, vigour, power of the body; power of endurance, firmness, durabilty; vigour of any kind; potency of liquors; fortification, fortress; armament, force, power; argumentative force.

This word and its compounds are often erroneously pronounced as if written strenth,|

strength, deprived of strength; wanting potency, weak.

STRENUOUS, strên'd-ds. a. Brave, bold, active, valiant; zealous, vehement. STRENUOUSLY, strên'd-us-lè. ad. Vigorously, actively; zealously, vehemently, with ardour. STREPEROUS, strep'er-ås. a. Loud, noisy. STRESS, strès. s. Importance, important part; violence, force, either acting or suffered.

To STRETCH, stretsh. v. a. To extend, to spread out to a distance; to expand, to display; to strain to the utmost; to carry by violence farther than is right.

To STRETCH, stretsh. v. n. To be extended; to bear extension without rupture; to sally beyond the truth.

STRETCH, stretsh. s. Extension, reach, occupation of more space; force of body extended; effort, struggle, from the act of running; utmost extent of meaning; utmost reach of power. STRETCHER, stretsh'år. s. 98. Any thing used for extension; the timber against which the rower plants his feet.

To STREW, strò. v. a. 266. To spread by being scattered; to spread by scattering; to scatter loosely.

STREWMENT, strò'mênt. s. Any thing scattered in decoration.

STRICKEN, strik'k'n. 103. The ancient participle of Strike.

STRICKLE, strik'kl. s. 405. That which strikes the corn to level it with the bushel. STRICT, strikt. a. Exact, accurate, rigorously nice; severe, rigorous; confined, not extensive; close, tight; tense, not relaxed. STRICTLY, strikt'le. ad. Exactly, with rigorous accuracy; rigorously, severely, without remission.

STRICTNESS, strikt'nês. s. Exactness, rigorous accuracy, nice regularity; severity, rigour. STRICTURE, strik'tshåre. s. 463. A stroke, a touch; contraction, closure by contraction: a slight touch upon the subject, not a set dis

course.

STRIDE, stride. s. A long step, a step taken with great violence, a wide stretch of the legs. To STRIDE, stride. v. n. Pret. I Strode, or Strid: Part. pass. Stridden. To walk with long steps; to stand with the legs far from each other. To STRIDE, stride. v. a. To pass by a step. STRIDULOUS, strid ́jù-lús. a. 294, 376. Making a small noise.

STRIFE, strife. s. Contention, contest, discord;

contrariety.

STRIKE, strike. s.

STRIFEFUL, strife'ful. a. Contentious, discordant. A bushel; a dry measure of capacity; four pecks. To STRIKE, strike. v. a. Pret. I Struck or Strook; Part. pass. Struck, Strucken, Stricken. To act upon by a blow, to hit with a blow; to dash, to throw by a quick motion; to notify by the sound of a hammer on a bell; to stamp, to impress; to punish, to afflict; to contract, to lower, to vale, as, To strike sail, or To strike a flag; to alarm, to put into motion; to make a bargain; to produce by a sudden action; to af

fect suddenly in any particular manner; to|| cause to sound by blows; to forge, to mint: it is used in the participle for Advanced in years, as, Well struck or stricken in years. To strike off; to erase from a reckoning or account; to separate by a blow. To strike out; to produce by collision; to blot, to efface; to bring to light, to form at once by a quick effort. To STRIKE, strike. v. n. To make a blow; to collide, to clash; to act by repeated percussion; to sound by the stroke of a hammer; to make an attack; to sound with blows; to be dashed upon shallows, to be stranded; to pass with a quick or strong effect; to pay homage, as, by lowering the sail; to be put by some sudden act or motion into any state. To strike in with; to conform, to suit itself to. To strike out; to|| spread or rove, to make a sudden excursion. STRIKER, stri'kår. s. 93. One that strikes. STRIKING, striking. part. a. 410. Affecting. surprising.

STRING, string. s. 410. A slender rope, a small cord, any slender and flexible band; a thread on which many things are filed any set of things filed on a line: the chord of a musica! instrument; a small fibre; a nerve, a tendon:) the nerve of the bow; any concatenation or series, as a String of propositions. To have two strings to the bow; to have two views or two expedients.

To STRING, string. v. a. Pret. I Strang; Part. pass. Strung. To furnish with strings; to put a stringed instrument in tune; to file on a string; to make tense.

STRINGED, string'd. a. 359. Having strings,
produced by strings.
STRINGENT, strin jent. a. Binding, contracting.
STRINGHALT, string hålt. s. A sudden twitch-

ing and snatching up of the hinder leg of a horse, much higher than the other. STRINGLESS, string'iês. a. Having no strings. STRINGY, string'è. a. See SPRINGY. Fibrous, consisting of small threads. To STRIP, strip. v. a. To make naked, to deprive of covering; to deprive, to divest ; to rob, to plunder, to pillage; to peel, to decorticate; to deprive of all; to take off covering; to cast off, to separate from something adhesive or connected.

STRIP, strip. s. A narrow shred.
To STRIPE, stripe. v. a. To variegate with lines

of different colours.

STRIPE, stripe. s. A lineary variation of colour; a shred of a different colour; a weal, or discoloration made by a lash or blow; a blow, a lash.

STRIPLING, strip'ling. s. 410. A youth, one in the state of adolescence.

98. A vagrant, a Obsolete. The beach, the

STRONG, strong. a. Vigorous, forceful, of great ability of body; fortified, secure from attack; powerful, mighty; supplied with forces; hale, healthy; forcibly acting in the imagination; eager, zealous; full, having any quality in a great degree; potent, intoxicating; having a deep tincture; affecting the smell powerfully; hard of digestion, not easily nutrimental; furnished with abilities for any thing; valid; confirmed; violent, vehement, forcible; cogent, conclusive; firm, compact, not soon broken; forcibly written.

handed.

STRONGFISTED, strong-fist'èd. a. StrongSTRONGLY, stronglè ad. Powerfully, forcibly; with strength, with firmness, in such a manner as to last; vehemently, forcibly, eageelv. STRONGWATER, strong'wa-tur. s. Distilled spirits.

STROOK, stråk. The old pret. of Strike, used in Poetry for Struck.

STROPHE, stro fè. s. 96. A stanza. STROVE, strove. The pret. of Strive. To STROW, strò. v. n. 266, 324. To spread by being scattered; to spread by scattering, to besprinkle; to spread; to scatter, to throw at random.

To STROWL, strôle. v. n. To range, to wander. Now written Stroll.

STRUCK, stråk. The pret. and part. pass. of

Strike.

STRUCTURE, stråk'tshûre. s. 463. Act of building, practice of building; manner of building, form, make; edifice, building.

To STRUGGLE, stråg'gl. v. a. 405. To labour, to act with effort; to strive, to contend, to contest; to labour in difficulties, to be in agonies or distress.

STRUGGLE, stråg'gl. s. 405. Labour, effort; contest, contention; agony, tumultuous dis

the rest is cut off; a log, a block. To STUB, ståb. v. a. To force up, to extirpate. STUBBED, ståb'bed. a. 366. Truncated, short and thick.

STRIVER, stri'vår. s. One who labours, one who contends.

STROKE, stroke. Old pret. of Strike, now com monly Struck.

STROKE, stroke. s. A blow, a knock, a sudden act of one body upon another; a hostile blow a sudden disease or affliction; the sound of the clock; the touch of a pencil; a touch, a masterly or eminent effort; an effect suddenly or unexpectedly produced; power, efficacy. To STROKE, stroke. v. a. To rub gently with the hand by way of kindness or endearment; to rub gently in one direction.

To STROLL, stròle. v. n. 406 To wander, to ramble, to rove.

STUBBEDNESS, ståbbed-nës.

s. The state

of being short, thick, and truncated. STUBBLE, stáb bl. s. 405. The stalks of corn left in the field by the reaper. STUBBORN, stáb barn. a. 166. Obstinate, inflexible, contumacious; persisting, persevering, steady, siff; inflexible; hardy, firm ; harsh, rough, rugged. STUBBORNLY, stab'barn-lè. ad. Obstinately, contumaciously, inflexibly. STUBBORNNESS, stub'barn-nês. s. Obstinacy, vicious stout ess, contumacy. STUBBY, stúb'bé. a. Short and thick, short and strong.

STUBNAIL, stab'nåle. s. A nail broken off. STUCCO, ståk'kò. s. A kind of fine plaster for

walls.

STUCK, ståk. The pret. and part. pass. of Stick. STUD, städ. s. A post, a stake; a nail with a

SUBCHANTER, såb-tshân'tår. s. The deputy
of the precentor in a cathedral.
SUBCLAVIAN, såb-klà ́vè-ân. a. Under the arm-
pit or shoulder.

SUBCONSTELLATION, såb-kôn-stêl-là'shân. s.
A subordinate or secondary constellation.
SUBCONTRARY, sảb-kôn'trå-rè. a. Contrary||
in an inferiour degree.
SUBCONTRACTED, såb-kôn-tråk'têd. part. a.||
Contracted after a former contract.
SUBCUTANEOUS, såb-kủ-tà'nè-ûs. a. Lying

under the skin.

SUBDEACON, såb-dè'k'n. s. 170. In the Roman church, is the deacon's servant. SUBDEAN, såb-dène'. s. The vicegerent of a dean.

SUBDECUPLE, såb-dek'ku-pl. a. Containing one part of ten.

SUBDITITIOUS, sûb-dè-tỉsh'âs. a. Put secretly in the place of something else.

TO SUBDIVERSIFY, sub-dè-vêr'sè-fl. v. a. To diversify again what is already diversified. To SUBDIVIDE, såb-de-vide'. v. a. To divide a part into yet more parts. SUBDIVISION, såb-de-vizh'an. s. The act of subdividing; the parts distinguished by a se-|| cond division.

SUBDOLOUS, süb'dó-lås. a. 503. Cunning, subtle, sly.

To SUBDUCE, sûb-dùse'.

TO SUBDUCT, sub-dast: } v. a. To withdraw,

seems to have communicated the impropriety to the verb; which we sometimes hear, contrary to all analogy and authority, accented on the first syllable likewise. These improprieties are easily corrected at first, and they are not yet so rooted as to make correctness look like pedantry.

SUBJECT, sáb jêkt. a. Placed or situated under ; living under the dominion of another; exposed, liable, obnoxious; being that on which any action operates.

SUBJECT, såb'jekt. s. 492. One who lives under the dominion of another; that on which any operation either mental or material is performed; that in which any thing inheres or exists in Grammar, the nominative case to a verb, is called, by grammarians, the Subject of the verb.

SUBJECTION, såb-jêk'shån. s. The act of subduing; the state of being under government. SUBJECTIVE, sûb-jék ́tiv. a. Relating not to the object, but to the subject. SUBINGRESSION, såb-in-grẻsh'ân. s. Secret

entrance.

To SUBJOIN, sub-jðin'. v. a. To add at the end, to add afterwards.

SUBITANEOUS, sûb-è-tà'nè-âs. a. 314. Sudden, hasty.

To SUBJUGATE, såb'jà-gåte. v. a. To conquer, to subdue, to bring under dominion by force.

SUBJUGATION, såbjà-gå'shản. s. The act of subduing.

SUBJUNCTION, såb-jång'shån. s. The state of being subjoined; the act of subjoining. SUBJUNCTIVE, såb-jång'tiv. a. Subjoined to something else.

SUBLATION, såb-lå ́shån. s. The act of taking

away.

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a. Con

taining one part of two. SUBJACENT, såb-jà sent. a. Lying under. To SUBJECT, såb-jekt'. v. a. 492. To put under ; to reduce to submission, to make subordinate, to make submissive; to enslave, to make obnoxious; to expose, to make liable; to submit, to make accountable; to make subservient. SUBJECTED, såb-jêk têd. part. adject. Put under, reduced to submission; exposed, made liable to.

A very improper, though a very prevailing misaccentuation of the passive participle of the word to subject, has obtained, which ought to be corrected. All the authorities in Johuson place the accent of subjected on the same syllable as the verb, except one from Milton: "He subjected to man's service angel wings." But in another passage Milton accents this word as it ought to be, even when an adjective: -The angel "Led them direct and down the cliff as fast "To the subjected plain."

But as the word subject is an adjective as well as a verb, and when an adjective it has always the accent on the first syllable, so the participle has not only caught the accent of the adjective, but, as one errour commonly generates another,

ty of admitting sublimation. SUBLIMATE, såb'le-måt. s. 91. Any thing raised by fire in the retort; quicksilver raised in the retort.

To SUBLIMATE, såb'lè-måte. v. a. 91. To raise by the force of chymical fire; to exalt, to heighten, to elevate. SUBLIMATION, såb-lè-ma'shån. s. A chymical process whereby certain solid substances are volatilized by heat, and afterwards condensed by cold into a solid form. Parkes' Chymistry. Exaltation, elevation, act of heightening or improving.

SUBLIME, såb-blime'. a. High in place, exalted aloft; high in excellence, exalted by nature; high in style or sentiment, lofty, grand; elevated by joy; haughty, proud.

SUBLIME, sub-blime'. s. The grand or lofty style.

To SUBLIME, såb-blime'. v. n. To raise by chymical fire; to raise on high; to exalt, to heighten, to improve.

To SUBLIME, såb-blime'. v. n. To rise in the chymical vessel by the force of fire. SUBLIMF.LY, såb-blime'lè. ad. Loftily, grandly. SUBLIMITY, sub-blim'è-tè. s. Height of place, local elevation; height of nature, excellence; loftiness of style or sentiment. SUBLINGUAL, såb-ling'gwâl. a. Placed under the tongue. SUBLUNAR, sub-lå'når. SUBLUNARY, såb ́lù-nâr-è.

a. Situated be

neath the moon, earthly, terrestrial.

Accenting the word sublunary on the first syllable can only be accounted for on the principles laid down, No. 503, and under the words ACADEMY, INCOMPARABLE, &C.

Dr. Johnson, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Buchanan.