strong 
erful in resources or in constituent parts: as, a 
strong king or kingdom ; a strong army ; a strong 
corporation or mercantile house. 
Whan the kynge Brangore was come to Eastrangore, his 
alronm place, . . he dide it stutfe with knyghtcs and vi- 
taile. Merlin (K. K. r. s.), ii. 247. 
He grewe stronge. and in shortu space got to himselfe a 
greate name. Spenner, State of Ireland. 
At last, nigh tir'd, a castle strong we fand, 
The utmost border of my native land. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso's Godfrey of Boulogne, iv. 55. 
4. Having or consisting of a large number, ab- 
solutely or relatively; numerically forcible or 
well provided: usually implying also some spe- 
cial element of strength in some or all of the 
units composing the number: as, a strong de- 
tachment of troops; a strong political party. 
Hym thoughte he was nat able for to speede, 
For she was strong of freendes. 
Chaucer, Doctor's Tale, 1. 135. 
5. Of specified numerical force; having so many 
constituent members: applied to armies, and 
sometimes to other bodies of men, or to animals. 
First demand of him how many horse the duke Is strong. 
Shak., All's Well, iv. 3. 149. 
The rebels at Drumclog were eight or nine thousand 
strong. Sufyt, Mem. of Capt. Creichton. 
6. Exerting or capable of characteristic force; 
powerful in the kind or mode of action implied ; 
specifically, forceful or efficient: as, a strong 
painter or actor ; a strong voice ; strong eyes. 
His mother was a witch, and one so strong 
That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs. 
Shak., Tempest, v. 1. 269. 
I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. Dryden. 
A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry 
Of some strong swimmer in his agony. 
Byron, Don Juan, ii. 53. 
7. Vigorous in exercise or operation; acting 
in a firm or determined manner ; not feeble or 
vacillating: used of the mind or any of its 
faculties: as, a strong-min&eA person ; a. strong 
intellect, memory, judgment, etc. 
Divert strong minds to the course of altering things. 
Shak., Sonnets, cxv. 
8. Possessing moral or mental force; firm in 
character, knowledge, conviction, influence, or 
the like ; not easily turned, resisted, or refuted : 
as, a strong candidate; a strong reasoner. 
Pray that ye may be strong in honesty, 
As in the use of arms. 
Fletcher (and another), False One, iv. 3. 
They were very diligent, plain, and serious ; strong in 
Scripture, and bold in profession. 
Penn, Rise and Progress of Quakers, i. 
He wants to show the party that he too can be a "Strong 
Man " on a pinch. The Nation, XXX. 1. 
9. Marked by force or vigor of performance; 
done, executed, produced, or uttered energeti- 
cally; effected by earnest action or effort; 
strenuous; stressful; urgent. 
Anthony wered with strong hesinesse 
The Erie of Faborugh. 
Bom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 249o. 
When he had off ered up prayers and supplications with 
strong crying and tears. Heb. v. 7. 
The ears of the people they have therefore filled with 
strong clamour. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. 4. 
10. Marked by force of action or movement ; 
vigorously impelled or sent forth; impetuous; 
violent; vehement: as, a strong wind; strong 
tides ; strong breathing. 
If, Collatine, thine honour lay in me, 
From me by strong assault it is bereft. 
Shot., Lucrece, 1. 835. 
When they came to the great river, they were carried 
over by one Ludham, . . . the stream being very strong. 
Winthrop, in New England's Memorial, p. 170, note. 
. Firm in substance or texture; capable of 
14. Vigorous or extreme in kind; specifically, 
(list (net or exceptional; bold; striking: elTee- 
tive; forceful; conspicuous: as, xlrung invec- 
tives; a strong attraction. 
And Merlyn, that full of stronge orte was, yede hem 
aboute, and cleped the kynge as they weren nettc, and 
shewed hym the voyde place. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. liO. 
On our ground of grief 
Ri.se. by day in strong relief 
The prophecies of better things. 
WhMier, Astraa at the Capitol. 
15. Intense or thorough in quality; having a 
high degree of the proper specific character; 
not mild, weak, dull, insipid, or inetTeetive : as, 
strong drink; strong tea; a strong infusion; 
strong lights and shadows ; a strong color. 
So is it fulle of Dragounes, of Serpentcs, and of other 
venymous Bestes that no man dar not passe, but zif It be 
strong Wyntre. Mandemtle, Travels, p. 266. 
This Is strong physic, signlor, 
And never will agree with my weak body. 
Fletcher (and another), Love's Cure, iii. 2. 
By mixing such powders we are not to expect strong 
and full white, such as Is that of paper. 
Newton, Opticks, I. ii. 5. 
16. Intense or intensified in degree; existing 
in great amount or force; forcibly impressive 
to feeling or sensation: used of either active 
or passive qualities: as, strong love or devo- 
tion ; a strong flavor or scent. 
Is it possible . . . you should fall into so strong a liking 
with old Sir Rowland s youngest son ? 
Shak., As you Like it, i. 3.28. 
Nor was her heart so small 
That one strong passion should engross it all. 
Crabbe, Works, IV. 83. 
17. Forcibly offensive in quality; repellent to 
sense or sensation; ill-tasting or ill-smelling; 
rank; rancid; tainted. 
They say poor suitors have strong breaths ; they shall 
know we have strong arms too. Shalt., COT., i. 1. 61. 
18. In com., specifically, firm; favorable to 
gain ; steadily good or advancing; active; prof- 
itable: as, a strong market; strong prices; to 
do a strong business. 19. In gram., inflected 
(a) as a verb, by a change of the radical vowel 
instead of by regular syllabic addition : opposed 
to weak: thus, find (found), speak (spake or 
spoke, spoken), strike (struck, stricken), and swim 
(swam, swum) are strong verbs ; (6) as a noun or 
an adjective, with fuller retention of older case- 
distinctions : thus, German Buclt is called of 
strong declension, and Held of weak. Strong and 
weak are purely fanciful terms, introduced by J. Qrlmm ; 
they belong properly to Germanic words alone, but are 
occasionally applied to similar phenomena in other lan- 
guages also. 
20. In photog., same as dense, 3. strong arm or 
hand, figuratively, great power or force ; forcible or vio- 
lent means ; overpowering vigor ; the force of arms : as, 
to overcome opposition with a strong arm; "a strong 
hand," Ex. vi. 1. 
It was their meaning to take what they needed by strong- 
hand. Kaleigh. 
Strong box, a strongly made case or chest for the preser- 
vation of money and other things of great value in small 
compass. Strong double refraction, in optics. See re- 
fraction, 1. Strong drink, election, place. See the 
nouns.-Strong faints. See faint, 2.-8trong room, a 
fire-proof and burglar-proof apartment in which to keep 
valuables. Strong water, (a) Distilled spirit of any 
sort : generally in the plural : as, a draught of strong waters. 
In the time of our fast, two of our landmen pierced a 
rundlet of strong water, and stole some of It. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 4. 
(6) Aqua fortis, or some other strong biting acid. 
Metals themselves do receive in readily strong waters ; 
and strong -waters do readily pierce into metals and stones ; 
and . . [some] strong-waters will touch upon gold, that 
will not touch upon silver. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 800. 
= Syn. 2. Sturdy, Stout, etc. (see robust) ; hardy, sinewy.- 
3 Potent-11. Tenacious, tough.-13. Impregnable.-lt 
it, sharp. 
things. 
His bones are as strong pieces of brass. Job xl. 18. 
The graven flowers that wreathe the sword 
Make not the blade less strong. 
WhMier, My Psalm. 
[Obsolete' except in the "slang phrase below.] 
I will to-morowe go to an Abbey, and feyne me stronge 
gike. Merlin (E. L. L. a.), 1. o 
To go or come it Strong, to do a thing with energy and 
perseverance. [Slang.] 
An obsolete past participle of string. 
come; sound; stable; settled: as, a 
stitution or organization (of body, mind, gov- 
ernment, etc.); strong arguments, reasons, or 
evidence ; to take a strong hold, or get a strong 
advantage ; a strong project. 
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence. 
Prov. xiv. 26. 
Ye strong foundations of the earth. Micah rt. 2. 
, to w^ich the boat is seeded at sea. 
i"*" v ark (s tr6ng'biirk), n. A tree or shrub 
s H on *P*^ naceousgenU a OH , Te Ha, which be- 
^ 8 7^ w est Ind Tes and tropical America. 
One species, B. Hamnensis, which extends into Florida, is 
a small tree or shrub with a hard, fine, and beaut 
O f a brown color streaked with orange ; the larger trees, 
however, are hollow and defective. 
Strongylocentrotus 
Strong-barredt (strong 'biird). fl. Strongly 
barred; tightly fastened. Slitik., K. John, u. 
Strong-basedt (stron^'basH. a. Strongly or 
firmly based. Slink., Tempest, v. 1. -til. 
stron'g-besiegedt (etrong'b$-sd ). </. strong- 
lv besieged. Klin/:.. Lm-reee. 1. 14'-".). 
strong-bondedt (str6iif,''bon .led). . sir 
Iv bound or seeiired; made strongly binding. 
.sV/<//-., Lover's Complaint. 1. l!7!i. [Rare.] 
strong-fixed! (strong'likst ), a. Btajmgly fixed : 
firmly established. Afl*., 1 ll.-n.\ 1. . II.D. 102. 
Stronghandt (strong 'hand'), H. Violence; 
force; power: a contraction of the phrase by 
tin utrniKj linnil. See .-iti-iing urm or lunnl. under 
strong. 
stronghold (strong 'hold), n. A fastnesi 
fort ; a fortified place ; a place or position of 
security : often used figuratively, and formerly 
as two words. 
David took the strong hold of Zion. 2 Sam. v. 7. 
Strong-knit (strong'nit), a. Strongly or well 
knit; firmly joined or compacted. 
For strokes received, and many blows repaid, 
Have robb'd my strong-knit sinews of their strength. 
Shak., 8 Hen. VI., U. 3. 4. 
Strongle (strong'gl), . A strongyle. T. S. 
Cobbold. 
Strongly (stroug'li), </<. [< ME. strongly, 
strangely, s/niniilicln: itrangVAe; < AS. strang- 
lice, strong, < stranglic, strong, < strong, strong: 
see strong 1 and -ly 2 .'] In a strong manner, in 
any sense of the word strong. 
That Cyter [Cassay] is strongliche enhabyted with peple, 
In so moche that In on House men maken 10 Ilousholdes. 
Mandemlle, Travels, p. 209. 
Fly, fly ; delay 
Doth oft the strongliest founded Plots betray. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, 1. 44. 
strongman's- weed (strong'manz-wed), H. See 
Petiver ia. 
strong-minded (strong'mln'ded), a. 1. Hav- 
ing a strong or vigorous mind. 2. Not in ac- 
cordance with the female character or man- 
ners; unfeminine: applied ironically to women 
claiming the privileges and opportunities of 
men. 
strong-mindedness (str6ng'min"ded-nes), . 
The character or quality of being strong- 
minded, especially as used of women. 
Strong-temperedt (strong'tem'perd), a. Made 
strong by tempering; strongly tempered. Shak., 
Venus and Adonis, 1. 111. 
strongylate (stron'ji-lat), a. [< strongyle H 
-ate^-7] Having the character of a strongyle, as 
a sponge-spicule; simply spicular, with blunt 
ends. Sollas. 
Strongyle (stron'jil), n. [< NL. Strongylus (see 
Strongylus), < Or. oTpoyyfaof, round, spherical, < 
"arpnyye iv, draw tight: see strangle.'] 1 . A spic- 
ule of the monaxon biradiate type, with each 
end rounded off; a strongylate sponge-spicule. 
It is simply a rhabdus whose two ends are blunt instead of 
sharp. A strongyle blunt at one end and sharp at the 
other becomes a strongyloxea. Sollas. 
2. In Vermes, a nematoid or threadworm of the 
genus Strongylus in a broad sense; a strongy- 
lid. There are many species. See Strongyliiler. 
Strongylia (stron-j'il'i-a), . pi. [NL., < Gr. 
oTpoj7i^oc, round, spherical: see strongtilc.] A 
suborder of chilognath myriapods, with man- 
ducatory month, and sexual organs opening in 
the anterior part of the body. It includes the 
families Polyxenidee, Polydesmidse, Ittlida, and 
Lysiopetalidse. H. C. Wood, 1865. 
strongylid (stron'ji-lid), . and n. Same as 
strongyloid. 
Strongylidae (stron-jil'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Strongylm + -idse.] A family of endoparasitic 
nematoid worms, typified by the genus Stron- 
fiulus, and containing about 10 other genera. 
They are formidable parasites, sometimes attaining a 
length of 3 feet, though usually much smaller than this. 
Thev are cylindrical, and more or less elongated and fili- 
form : the mouth is oval, circular, or triangular, and 
armed or unarmed ; and the tail of the male is furnished 
with a bursa or pouch, or a pair of membranous lobes, 
and usually a pair of protruding spicules. The female is 
commonly larger than the male. Strongylus bronchialis 
Is the lung-strongle of man : the female is an inch long, 
the male half that size. S. armatus infests the horse ; 
micrurus and S. contortus are found In ruminant?, as cattle 
and sheep. Etistronrrylus gigas is the giant strongy e c 
kidney the largest known endoparasite of this kind, the 
male being about a foot long, the female a yard or more. 
Stromjulvs quadndentalM or Sclerostoma duodenale Infests 
the human intestine, and a similar strongyle, tyngamvi 
trachealii, causes the gapes In poultry, occurring in gret 
numbers in the air-passages. 
Strongylocentrotus (stron'ji-lo-sen-tro'tus), 
n. [NL. (Brandt), < Gr. orpayy{>/.ot, round, 
