street-car 
The street-cars rattled In the foreground, changing 
horses and absorbing and emitting passengers. 
11. James, Jr., The Bostonians, xxxiv. 
Street-door (stret'dor), . The door of a house 
or other building which opens upon a street. 
When you step but a few doors off ... to see a brother- 
footman going to be hanged, leave the street door open. 
Sw^ft, Advice to Servants (Footman). 
streeted (stre'ted), a. Provided with streets. 
There are few Places this Side the Alps better built, and 
so well streeted as this [Antwerp]. 
Howell, Letters, I. I. 12. 
Street-locomotive (stret'16"ko-mo-tiv), . See 
locomotive. 
street-orderly (stret'6r"der-li), n. A person em- 
ployed to keep the streets clean by the prompt 
removal of rubbish, dung, or dirt of any kind by 
means of a hand-brush and bag. 
By the street-orderly method of scavaging, the thorough- 
fares are continually being cleansed, and so never allowed 
to become dirty ; whereas, by the ordinary method, they 
are not cleansed until they are dirty. 
Hayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 257. 
street-railroad (stret'ral'rod), n. A railroad 
constructed upon the surface of a public street 
in towns and cities; a tramway. Cars on such rail- 
roads are variously propelled, and the railroads take spe- 
cific names from the system of propulsion, as cable-rail- 
road, hearse-railroad, electric railroad. [U. S-] 
street-sweeper (stret'swe"per), n. One who or 
that which sweeps the streets; specifically, a 
machine provided with brushes and scrapers 
for removing dust, mud, etc., from the streets. 
street- walker (stret'wa'ker), . 1. One who 
walks the streets ; a pedestrian. 
All street-walkers and shop-keepers bear an equal ihare 
in its hourly vexation [the nuisance of beggars]. 
Swift, Proposal for giving Badges to Beggars. 
2. A common prostitute who walks the streets 
at night. 
Streetward 1 (stref ward), n. [< street + ward.] 
Formerly, an officer who had the care of the 
streets. 
streetward 2 (stret'wfird), adr. and . [< street 
+ -ward.] Next the street ; looking out on the 
street. Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
streetway(stret'wa),M. [< street + way.] The 
open space of a street; the roadway. 
straight 1 !. An old spelling of straight 1 . 
streight' 2 t, streightent. Old spellings of strait 1 , 
straiten. Drayton. 
streikt, v. See streak 3 . 
streinet, streinablet. Old spellings of strain 1 , 
sti'ainable. Bolinshed. 
streitt, streitet, a. Old spellings of straift. 
streket. A Middle English form of streak 1 , 
streak'^, and strike. 
strelitz (strel'its), w. [< Q. strelitze, < Buss. 
strieletxu, an archer, shooter, < strielyati, shoot, 
striela, an arrow; prob. < OHG. strain, G. strahl 
= AS. striel, arrow: see streal.] A soldier of 
the ancient Muscovite guards, abolished by 
Peter the Great. 
Strelitzia (stre-lit'si-a), w. [NL. (Aiton, 1789), 
named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III. 
of England, and descended from the German 
house of Mecklenburg-.StreWj.] 1. A genus of 
monocotyledonous plants, of the order Mwacese, 
distinguished by its flowers with three free 
sepals and three very dissimilar and peculiar 
petals, of which the outer is short, broad, and 
concave or hooded, the two lateral long, narrow, 
more or less united, and continued into a long 
petaloid appendage. There are 4 or 5 species, na- 
tives of South Africa. They are singular plants, produ- 
cing an erect or subterranean woody rootstock, ana large 
leaves which resemble those of a small banana-tree, or 
are reduced mainly or completely to tall erect cylindrical 
petioles. The large handsome flowers are borne few to- 
gether far exserted from a spathe, which consists of one 
or two large boat-shaped bracts on a terminal or axillary 
scape. S. Regime, known as queen-plant, bird's -tongue flow- 
er, or bird-of -paradise flower, produces large brilliant flow- 
ers, highly prized for the oddity of their shape and coloring 
showing the unusual combination of orange and blue S 
augusla, a larger species with small white flowers and pur- 
ple bracts, has a palm-like stem reaching 20 feet in height 
and is cultivated under the name grand Strelitzia. S. jun- 
cea and other species are also cultivated under glass. 
2. II. c.] A plant of this genus. 
streinet, . and v. An obsolete spelling of stream. 
strent, strenet, n. Middle English forms of 
strain". 
Strengert, strengestt, a. Earlier comparative 
and superlative of strong^. 
strengite (streng'it), n. [Named after A. Streng, 
of Giessen, Germany.] A hydrous phosphate of 
iron, occurring in reddish orthorhombic crys- 
tals: it is isomorphous with scorodite. 
Strength (strength), n. [< ME. strengtlie, 
strencthe, strenkyth, also strenthe, streinthe, < 
5986 
AS. streiigthtt (= OHG. strengida), strength, < 
strang, strong : seestronyi. (')'. length, < long.] 
1. The property of being strong ; force; power. 
Specifically (a) In animals, that attribute of an animal 
body by which it is enabled to move itself or uther bodies. 
The strength of animals is the muscular force or energy 
which they are capable of exerting. See horse-power. 
Vlixes also, with angarely mony 
Of tlllkis [knights] of Traci. tor men of strenkyth. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 6894. 
The external indications of strength are the abundance 
and firmness of the muscular fibres. 
Bentham, Introd. to Morals and Legislation, vi. 9. 
[Used in plural with same sense as singular. 
Alle his [Samson's] strengthen in his heres were. 
Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 68.) 
(&) In inanimate things, the property by which they sustain 
the application of force without breaking or yielding: 
as, the strength of a bone ; the strength of a beam ; the 
strength of a wall ; the strength of a rope. 
Our castle's strength 
Will laugh a siege to scorn. 
Shalt., Macbeth, v. 6. 2. 
The citty Is of no great* strength, having a trifling wall 
about it. Evelyn, Diary, May 21, 1645. 
Hence 2. Power or vigor of any kind ; ability; 
capacity for work or effective action, whether 
physical, intellectual, or moral: as, strength of 
grasp or stroke; strength of mind, memory, or 
judgment; strength of feeling (that is, not in- 
tensity but effectiveness of emotion). 
If, rather than to marry County Paris, 
Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself. 
Shalt., R. and J., Iv. 1. 72. 
The belief 
He has of his own great and catholic strengths 
In arguing and discourse. 
11. Jonson, Devil is an Ass, I. 2. 
In the world of morals, as in the world of physics, 
strength is nearly allied to hardness. 
Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 354. 
3. One who or that which is regarded as an em- 
bodiment of force or strength ; that on which 
confidence or reliance is firmly set; stay; sup- 
port; security. 
God is our refuge and strength. Ps. xlvi. 1. 
Thy counsel, in this uttermost distress, 
M> only strength and stay. Milton, P. I.., x. 921. 
Hitherto, Davenant observes, in taxing the people we 
had gone chiefly on land and trade, which is about one- 
third of the strength of England. 
S. Itowell, Taxes in England, II. 66. 
4. Force; violence; vehemence; intensity. 
Zee schulle undrestonde, that the Soudan is Lord of 5 
Kyngdomes, that he bathe conquered and apropred to him 
be Strenythe. Mandeville, Travels, p. 35. 
And al men speken of hunting, 
How they wolde slee the hert with strength*. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 351. 
If you did know to whom I gave the ring, . . . 
You would abate the strength of your displeasure. 
Shak., M. of V., v. 1. 198. 
5. Degree of the distinguishing or essential 
element or constituent ; the power to produce 
sensible effects on other bodies ; potency: said 
of liquors and the like : as, the strength of an 
acid ; the strength of wine or spirits; the strength 
of a potion or a poison. 6. Force as measured 
or stated in figures ; amount or numbers of any 
collective body, as of an army or a fleet: as, a 
play adapted to the whole strength of the com- 
pany; the full strength of a regiment. 
Demand of him of what strength they are a-foot. 
Shak., All's Well, iv. 3. 181. 
Half a dozen gentlemen, furnished with a good strength 
of water-spaniels. 
Gilbert White, Nat. Hist Selborne, To T. Pennant, Mil. 
7. Available force or backing, as of a candi- 
date : as, his strength is greatest in the cities. 
[Political cant.] 8. Force proceeding from 
motion and proportioned to it; vehemence; 
impetuosity : as, the strength of a current of air 
or water; the strength of a charge of cavalry. 
9. A stronghold. 
Syne they hae left him, hail and felr, 
Within his strength of stane. 
Avid Haitian* (Child's Ballads, VL 222). 
" No to say It 's our best dwelling," he added, turning to 
Bucklaw, "but just a strength lor the Lord of Ravenswood 
to flee until." Scott, Bride of Lammermoor, vii. 
10. In colors, the relative property possessed 
by a pigment of imparting a color to and modi- 
fying the shade of any other pigment to which 
it is added . Thus, one pound of lampblack added to 100 
pounds of white lead produces a dark-gray shade, but one 
pound of ivory-black added in the same way would have 
little effect on the white. 
11. In the fine arts, boldness of conception or 
treatment. 
Carracci'* strength, Correggio's softer line. 
Pope, Epistle to Jervas, 1. 37. 
12. In soap-making. See the quotation. 
strenuity 
A peculiar phenomenon may be remarked in the cooling 
[of a little of the soap placed on a glass plate], which af- 
fords a good criterion of the quality of the soap. When 
there is formed around the little patcli an opaque zone, a 
fraction of an inch liroail, this is supposed to indicate com- 
plete saponincation, ami is called the xtrcnyth; when it is 
aliM-'iit, the soap is said to want its strength. When this 
zone Boon vanishes after being distinctly seen, the soap is 
said to have false strength. Ure, Diet., III. 852. 
On the Strength (milit. and natal), on the muster-rolls. 
[Colloq.] 
The colonel had put the widow woman on the strength ; 
she was no longer an unrecognized waif, but had her regi- 
mental position. 
Arch. Forbes, in Eng. Illust. Mag., VI. 525. 
On or upon the strength Of, in reliance upon the value 
of ; on the faith of : as, to do something on the strength of 
another's promise. 
My father set out upon thf strength of these two follow- 
ing axioms. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ii. 19. 
Proof strength. See proof, a. Strength of a current, 
in elect., the quantity of electricity which passes in a unit 
of time ; the measure of electrical energy. See Ohm's law, 
under lawi. Strength of materials. See material. 
Strength of pole. See pole". Strength of the source. 
See the quotation. 
The time rate of supply of liquid through the source is 
called the strength of the source. 
JftncWn,.!. nlplanar Kinematics, vi. 
To measure strength. Seemeoawrc. = Syn.l. Force, etc. 
See poweri. 
Strength! (strength), r. t. [< ME. strengllirii. 
sstrenthen; < strength, n.] To strengthen. 
Take this for a general reule, that every counsel! that is 
affermed or strengthed so strongly that it may not be 
chaunged for no condlcioun that may bitide I say that 
thilke counseil is wikked. 
Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus (Harleian MS.). 
The helpe of Gods grace in that tribulation to strength 
him. 
Sir T. More, Cumfort against Tribulation (1573), foL 16. 
His armes and leggys[were] well lengthed and strengthed. 
Fabyan, Chron., clvt 
strengthen (streng'thn),r. [(strength + -fi.] 
I. trans. To make strong or stronger; add 
strength to, either physical, legal, or moral ; 
confirm; establish: as, to strengthen a limb; 
to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen a 
claim ; to strengthen authority. 
Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. 
Deut. lit 28. 
Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest . . . 
With powerful policy strengthen themselves. 
Shak., a Hen. VI., L 2. 68. 
For the more strenthening the Acts of this Parliament, 
the King purchased the Pope's Bulls, containing grievous 
Censures and Curses to them that should break them. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 149. 
Strengthening plaster. Seej>ta<r.=Syn. To invigo- 
rate, fortify, brace, nerve, steel, corroborate, support, 
heighten. 
II. intrans. To grow strong or stronger. 
The young disease, that must subdue at length, 
Grows with his growth, and stretigthens with his strength. 
Pope, Essay on Man, ii. 136. 
strengthener (strength'ner), w. [Formerly also 
strengthner; < strengthen + -er 1 .] One who or 
that which makes strong or stronger; one who 
or that which increases strength, physical or 
moral. 
Whose plays are strentjtheners of virtue. 
Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakspere, Pref. 
strengthful (strength'ful), a. [< strength + 
-ful.] Abounding in strength ; strong. Mars- 
ton. 
Strengthfulness (strength'ful-nes), n. The 
state or quality of being strengthful or strong ; 
fullness of strength. 
strengthing (streng'thing), n. [Verbal n. of 
strength, r.] A strengthening. Palsgrave, (ffal- 
tiiccli.) 
Strengthless (strength'les), a. _ [< strength + 
-less.] Destitute of strength, in any sense of 
the word. Shak.; Boyle. 
strengthnert (strength'ner), n. Same as 
strengthener. 
strengthy (streng'thi), a. [Early mod. E. also 
strenthie; < strength + -yl. Cf. lengthy.] Hav- 
ing strength ; strong. 
The simple and strenthie defence of ane lust caus. 
J. Tyrie, Refutation, Pref. 2. (Jamieson.) 
strenkle (streng'kl), r. t. An obsolete or Scotch 
form of strinkle. 
strenkle (streng'kl), n. [< ME. strenkyll; < 
strenkle, v. Cf. sprinkle, n.] A sprinkler. [Ob- 
solete or Scotch.] 
StrenlryU to cast holy water, vimpilon. 
Palsgrave. (Halliwell.) 
strentht, . An obsolete form of strength. 
strenuityt (stre-nu'i-ti), n. [< L. stre>mita(t-)s, 
nimbleness, friskness, < strenuus, quick, active, 
vigorous: see strennons.] Strenuousness. 
