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stranger 
In Into, one not privy or party to an act. constricted ; much narrowed : especially not- 
Something popularly supposed or humor- ing the thorax or abdomen when constricted 
ously said to betoken the approach of a stran- in one or more places, as in many ants Stran- 
ger or guest, as guttering in a candle or a tea- gulated hernia. See def. i and hernia. 
stalk in a cup of tea. 7. Specifically, in en- strangulation (strang-gu-la'shon), w. [< F. 
finii.. the noctuid moth Hadcnti peregrina: an xtrtiiujidatton = Sp. ftraiigulacii>ii='Pg. extra n- 
English collectors' name Strangers' Court. 
court. Strangers' fever. See feveri . 
strangert (stran'jer), c. t. [< */! </</, .] 
estrange; alienate. 
Dower'd with our curse, and stranger'd with our oath. 
See 
To 
Shot., Lear, i. 1. 207. 
ally, and binding them together by twine in- 
serted through the pierced holes. 
[< F. strangiirie = 
3p. estangnrria = Pg. estran- 
grows upright in mud. Also called 
stuck-up, stick-up, coon-heel, shanghai, razor- 
blade, rabbitear, etc. [New Jersey.] 
strap-work 
Weel I wot it's a crime, baith by the law of God and 
man, and mony a pretty man has been strapped for it 
[murder]. Smlt, St. Ronan's Well. xiv. 
To be or become strapped, to lose one's money ; be 
bankrupt or out of money. [Slang.] To Strap a dead- 
eye, to fasten a strap of rope or iron round a block, dead- 
_ eye, or bull's-eye. 
= It, xtranijolazionc, < L. strangttla- strap-bolt (strap'bolt), n. Same as lug-bolt. 
&>(-), a choking, a suffocating, < strangulare, strap-game (strap'gam), . A swindling trick 
pp. strangiilii/iix, choke, suffocate: seestntiigle.] otherwise kjiown as prirk tin- garter, prick at 
1. The act or state of strangling; a sudden and the loop, andfa.it and loose (which see, under 
violent compression of the windpipe, constric- fast 1 , .). 
tion being applied directly to the neck, either strap-head (strap'hed), n. In much., a journal- 
strangle (strang'gl),. r.; pret. and pp. stran- around it or in the fore part, or from within the box formed at the end of a connecting-rod. 
gled, ppr. strangling. [< ME. slrnngclen, < OF. esophagus, so as to prevent the passage of air, strap-hinge (strap'hinj), . See hinge. 
estrangler, F. etrangler = Sp. Pg. eslrangular = and thereby suspend respiration and, if the con- strap-joint (strap'joint), n. In macli., a con- 
It, straiigolare, strangulare, < L. strangulare, < striction is prolonged, destroy life. 2. In pa- nection formed by a strap, key, and gib, as on 
Gr. arpayyaAav, aTpayyahifriv, strangle, < arpay- thai., the state of a part too closely constricted, the end of a pitman. E. H. Knight. 
ya\r/, a halter, cf. orpayj-of, twisted, < "arp&yyciv, as the intestine in strangulated hernia. 3. Ex- strap-laid (strap'lad), a. Noting a flat rope 
draw tight, squeeze; cf. L. stringene, draw cessive or abnormal constriction of any kind. made by placing two or more strands of haw- 
tight: see strain^, stringent."] I. trans. 1. To At the point where the strangulation takes place the ser-laid rope side by side, piercing them later- 
choke by compression of the windpipe ; kill by glacier lies in a kind of basin, of which the lower lip pre- -" ~- J v:_jj A x n i *_- 
chokincr- thrnttlfi sents proofs of the most intense erosion. 
tle - A. Oeilde, Cieol. Sketches, vi. 
And yet I'll have it done ; this child shall strangle thee. 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, ii. 2. 
2. To suppress; keep from emergence or ap- 
pearance; stifle. 
Strangle such thoughts as these with any thing 
That you behold the while. Shak. W T., iv. 4. 47. str angury (strang~'gu-ri), . 
3f. To suffocate by drowning. Defoe. =syn.l. QSp. estrangurria, 
Choke, SliJU, etc. See smother. 
II. intrans. To be choked or strangled. 
Strangle (strang'gl), . [< ME. strangle; < 
strangle, r.] If. Strangulation. Chaucer. 
2. pi. An infectious catarrh of the upper air- 
passages, especially the nasal cavity, of the 
horse, ass, and rmile, associated with suppura- 
tion of the submaxillary and other lymphatic 
lands. The disease usually attacks young animals, 
nfeebled health, exposure, and neglect are predisposing 
causes. It may appear as an epizootic in large stables. 
The mortality is from 2 to 3 per cent. The disease begins 
with fever and a serous discharge from the nose, which 
later becomes viscid. At the same time a swelling ap- 
pears under the jaws, Indicating inflammation and sup- 
puration of the submaxillary glands. The disease ordi- 
narily lasts several weeks. Complications may, however, 
appear. The throat and neighboring lymphatics may be- 
come involved and the infection extend to various parts 
of the system, giving rise to pyemia. Specific bacteria 
(streptococci} have been found in the suppurating glands. 
Strangleable (strang'gl-a-bl), a. [< strangle + 
-able.] Capable of being strangled. [Bare.] 
I own, I am glad that the capital strangler should in 
his turn be stranyleoMe, and now and then strangled. 
Chesterfield. 
Strangler (strang'gI6r), n. [< OF. estrangleur, 
F. etrangleur = It. strangolatore, < ML. strangu- 
lator, < L. strangulare, strangle : see strangle.'] 
One who or that which strangles or destroys. 
The band that seems to tie their friendship together 
will be the very strangler of their amity. 
Shot., A. and C., ii. 6. 130. 
Strangle-tare (strang'gl-tar), n. The broom- 
rape, Orobanche: so named from its parasitism 
upon tares or other plants ; also, species of Vicia 
and Latliyrus, as tares which strangle other 
plants by their climbing; also, the twining par- 
asite Cuscuta Europxa, European dodder. See 
cuts under Cuscuta and Orobanche. [Old or 
prov. Eng.] 
Strangleweed (strang'gl-wed), . The dodder, 
Cuscuta, and, in books, the broom-rape, Oro- 
banche. Compare strangle-tare. Britten and 
Holland, Eng. Plant Names. [Old or prov. 
Eng.] 
stranguaryt, . Same as strangury. Sterne, 
Tristram Shandy, ix. 5. 
Strangulate (strang'gu-lat), a. [< L. strangu- 
latus, pp. of strangulare, strangle : see strangle.'] 
Same as strangulated. 
Strangulate (strang'gu-lat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
strangulated, ppr. strangulating. [< Li.strangula- 
tu#, pp. of strangulare, strangle : see strangle.'] 
To strangle ; in pathol., to compress so as to 
suppress the function of a part, as a loop of in- 
testine, a vessel, or a nerve. See strangulated. 
TA s -r A t K mvm wv*tnn ttci / , t?tv I 1.1 cw j t I str V. I 
gur,a = It. stranguria, < L. strangury, < Gr. erpay- strappado (stra-pa'do), H. [Formerly also stra- 
yovpta, retention of urine, < orpajf (arpayy-), a 
drop, that which is squeezed out (< "arpdyyetv, 
draw or bind tight, squeeze : see strangle), + 
avpciv, urinate, < oiipov, urine.] 1. Scanty mic- 
turition with painful sense of spasm. 
He, growing ancient, became sick of the stone, or stran- 
gury, whereof, after his suffering of much dolorous pain, 
he fell asleep in the Lord. 
N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 262. 
2. In hort., a disease in plants produced by tight 
ligatures. 
strap (strap), n. [Also, more orig., strop, dial. 
strope (the form strop being also in reg. E. use 
some senses) ; < ME. stropp, strope, < AS. 
Jo; < OF. slrapade, F. estrapade = Sp. extrti- 
pada = It. strappata, < strappare, pull.] A pun- 
ishment or torture which consisted in raising 
the victim to a certain height by a rope and 
letting him fall suddenly, the rope being se- 
cured to his person in such a way that the jerk 
in falling would inflict violent pain. For exam- 
ple, the hands being tied together, the rope would be se- 
cured to the wriste ; the punishment was more severe when 
the arms had previously been brought behind the back. 
We presently determined rather to seeke our liberties 
then to bee in danger foreiier to be slaues in the country, 
for it was told vs we should haue y strapado. 
Uakluyt's Voyages, II. 253. 
They vse also the Strappado, noising them vp and downe 
by the annes with a cord. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 441. 
in 
stropp = MD. stroll, stroon, I), stron = MLG. 
strop = MHG. strupfe, strupfe, 6. struppe, "" l "^- ''""'"" nlgllmage - + 441 
striippe, strippe = Sw. stropp = Dan. strop, a Strappado (stra-pa do), v. t. [< strappado, n. 
strap, = OF.estrope, F. etrope= Sp. Pg. estrm-o, ~ -*~-. ^ 
an oar-thong, < L. stroppus, struppus, a thong, 
strap, fillet, akin to Gr. arpdfor, a twisted band, 
(oTpfyetv, twist: seestrophe. Doublet of xirop 1 .] 
1. A narrow strip of leather or other flexible 
To torture by the strappado. 
Oh, to redeeme my honour, 
I would haue this hand cut off, these my brests sear'd, 
Be rack d, strappado'd, put to any torment. 
lleyu-ood, Woman Killed with Kindness (Works, ed. 1874, 
[II. 141). 
material, generally used for some mechanical strapper (strap'er), w. [< strap + -erl.] 1. 
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purpose, as to surround and hold together, or 
to retain in place. In ordinary use straps are most 
frequently of leather, and are often used with one or more 
buckles, or a buckle and slide, allowing of a more or less 
close adjustment of the strap. See cut under shot-pouch. 
Specifically (a) Naut. : (1) A piece of rope with the ends 
spliced together, used for attaching a tackle to anything 
or for slinging any weight to be lifted. (2) A ring of rope 
or band of iron put round a block ordeadeye, suspending 
it or holding it in place. Sometimes spelled strop. (6) A 
razor-strop. See razor-strop and strops, (c) An ornament 
like a strap ; a shoulder-strap. See fhoulder-strap, 2. 
2. A long and narrow piece of thin iron or 
other metal used to hold different parts to- 
gether, as of a frame or the sides of a box ; a 
leaf of a hinge; in carp., an iron plate for con- 
necting two or more timbers, to which it is 
bolted or screwed. 3. In hot., the ligule in 
florets of Composite (see ligule) ; also, in some 
grasses, the leaf exclusive of its sheath. 4. A 
string. [Scotch.] 
They winna string the like o' him up as they do the 
puir whig bodies that they catch in the mnirs, like straps 
o' onions. Scott, Old Mortality, x. 
5. Credit; originally, credit for drink. [Slang.] 
6. In a vehicle: (a) A plate on the upper 
side of the tongue and resting upon the double- 
tree, to aid in holding the wagon-hammer, (b) 
A clip, such as that which holds a spring to the 
spring-bar or to the axle, (c) The stirrup- 
shaped piece of a clevis. E. H. Knight. 7. 
A strap-oyster. 
Creepers of literature, who suck their food like the ivy' Strap (strap) J.J. ; pre| ;. and pp. strapped, ppr Strapplet (strap'l), P. *. [Freq. of st, 
from what they strangulate and kill strapping. [< strap, M.] 1. To fasten or bind To bind with a strap; strap; entangle. 
One who has to do with straps ; specifically, one 
who has charge of the harnessing of horses. 
Men who, though nothing but strappers, call themselves 
grooms. Eticyc. Brit., XII. 196. 
2. Anything bulky; a large, tall person. [Col- 
loq.] 
A strapper real strapper, Jane; big, brown, and 
buxom; with hair just such as the ladies of Carthage 
must have had. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xx. 
Strapping 1 (strap'ing), n. [Verbal n. of strap, 
i>.] 1. The act of fastening with a strap. 2. 
A beating; a whipping. [Colloq.] 
He will not say a word to any one, ... for fear of a strap- 
ping- W. Black, In Far Lochaber, xvi. 
3. Material for straps, or straps in general. 
Securing the loose flaps of the lip with pieces of strap- 
ping. Lancet, 1890, 1. 183. 
Strapping 2 (strap'ing), p. a. [Ppr. of strap, v., 
used, like thumping, whacking, whopping, boun- 
cing, and other participial adjectives express- 
ing violent action, to denote something of im- 
pressively large size.] Tall; lusty; robust. 
[Colloq.] 
Then that t'other great strapping Lady- 1 can't hit off 
her Name. Congreve, Double-Dealer, Hi. 10. 
Strapping-plate (strap'ing-plat). w. In mining, 
one of the wrought-iron plates by which the 
spears of a pump-rod are bolted together. Also 
called spear-plate. 
[Freq. of strap, r.] 
Southey, Doctor, Interchapter vii. (Dames.) 
A strong double ligature was passed through this part 
if tho ..II....L- ,i-;ti, *,., j4 A, _ _.. , P. . *"-. 
His ruin startled th' other i 
the reins 
Strappled his fellows. 
iteeds, the gears crack'd, and 
or doifn. Strappled his fellows. Chapman, Iliad, xvi. 438. 
e carries white thread gloves, sports a cane, has his Strap-shaped(strap'shapt),o. Ligulate; shaped 
with a strap: especially in the sense of com- 
- __, .. ., pressing and holding very closely: often with 
of the cheek, with the intention of strangulating the pro- up < 
jectiou [a tubercle or tumor] at its base. H 
atra ,!.* ^f" Ca " loc / Aan ' P era ' ive Sur ^ry, P. 47. trousers tightly strapped. like'a strap: used'especially of the rayVof 'the 
Strangulated (strang'gu-la-ted), p. a. 1 . In W. Besant, Fifty Years Ago, p. 49. tubuliflorous and the corollas of the liguliflorous 
pathol., compressed so as to suppress the func- 2. To beat or chastise with a strap. [Colloq.] Compoxitsr. 
,?7/^ a ! -f ?S> a m 1S T d to be stran ~ ~ 3 - To shar Pen with a strap; strop, as arazor. strap-skein (strap'skan), M. In carriage-build- 
fhp s so compressed as to obstruct "I shouldn't wonder if we had a snow-storm before it's //, a flat strip tf iron let into the wood of an 
.uiation in the part and cause danger- over, Molly," said Pluck, strapping his knife on the edge axle-arm to protect it from wear 
ous symptoms. -2. In bot., contracted and ex- of the kit Judd, Margaret, i. 17. strap-work (strap'werk) H Architectural or- 
panded m an irregular manner.- 3. In enton,., 4. To hang. [Scotch.] nameni consisting of a narrow ^fillet or band 
