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S — Strength to Stubbed (Part 9 of 13)

Striped, a. Streaked.

Striped alder. Witch-hazel.

Striped squirrel. Hackee, chipmunk.

Strip from. Take away from.

Stripling, n. Lad, boy, youth.

Strip off.

    1. Pull off, take off.
    2. Cast off.

Strippings, n. pl. Strokings.

Stritchel, n. See Strickle.

Strive, v. n.

    1. Labor, endeavor, toil, struggle, try, aim, exert one’s self, make an effort, do one’s best, lay one’s self out.
    2. Contend, contest, fight, have a contest.
    3. Compete, cope, strive together, contend, struggle.
    4. (Poetical.) Vie, compete, compare, be comparable.

Strobiline, a. Cone-shaped, strobiliform, strobilaceous.

Stroke, n.

    1. Blow, knock, rap, pat, hit, thump.
    2. Attack, shock.
    3. Affliction, reverse, calamity, hardship, misfortune, visitation.
    4. Touch, dash, sudden effort, sudden effect.

Stroke, v. a. Rub gently (with the hands, in one direction).

Strokings, n. pl. Strippings.