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taste of some other modem Latinists. It was attacked with 
virulence by Gaspar Scioppius, in his “ Infamia Famiani 
Stradse,” which injured his own reputation more than that 
of the historian. 
The “‘Prolusiones Academicse" of Strada, containing 
various dissertations on literary subjects, is an ingenious and 
elegant performance, particularly admired for its imitations 
of the most celebrated Latin poets. Addison pronounces 
this effusion to be “ one of the most entertaining, as well as 
the most just pieces of criticism he had ever readand he 
has made it the subject of three papers in the Guardian. 
Gen. Biog. 
STRADA, or Stradanus, an eminent painter of a good 
family, was born at Bruges in the year 1536; and after 
studying in his own country, visited Italy for further im¬ 
provement. At Florence, he was employed in some con¬ 
siderable works, and thence he went to Rome, where he 
painted at the palace of Belvidere in concert with Dan. da 
Volterra and Fr. Salviati. In compliance with the invita¬ 
tion of Don John, of Austria, he visited Naples, and accom¬ 
panied his patron to Vienna, where his pencil was employed 
in commemorating that great officer’s military exploits. He 
afterwards fixed his residence at Florence, where he became 
the head of the Florentine academy of painting; and he 
died in 1604. Besides history-pieces, he painted animals, 
huntings, and battles, in a noble style, with good drawing, 
and an agreeable tone of colouring. Although he may be 
considered as a competitor in a variety of respects with the 
celebrated artists of his time, he could never divest himself 
wholly of the Flemish taste which he had imbibed in his 
youth. Many of his pieces are engraved. 
STRADBALLY, a small neat village of Ireland, in 
Queen’s county, where a handsome church, a good market- 
house, and a charter school are erected. In the 12th century 
a monastery for conventual Franciscans was founded here by 
Lord O’More; 38£ miles south-west of Dublin. 
STRADBROOKE, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 5§ 
miles east-by-south of Ely. 
To STRA'DDLE, v. n. To stand or walk with the feet 
removed far from each other to the right and left; to part 
the legs wide. 
Unskilful statuaries suppose 
In forming a Colossus, if they make him 
Straddle enough, strut, and look big, and gape. 
Their work is goodly. Chapman. 
STRADELLA, a town of the continental Sardinian states, 
in the Milanese, pleasantly situated on a rising ground 
covered with vines and fruit trees, near the small river 
Aversa. It has some manufactures of woollens and silk, and 
a population of 3900; 10 miles south-south-east of Pavia. 
STRADEN, a large village of the Austrian states, in Styria, 
circle of Gratz, with a well-frequented annual fair. 
STRADFORD, or Slaney, a town of Ireland in the 
county of Wicklow, pleasantly situated on the Slaney. It 
has a very thriving cotton manufactory, which employs a 
considerable population; 26 miles south of Dublin. 
STRADISHALL, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 5 miles 
north-north-west of Clare. 
STRADSET, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 4 miles 
east-north-east of Market Downham. 
STRAFFORD, a village of England, in Dorsetshire; 3 
miles from Dorchester. 
STRAFFORD, a county of the United States, in the east 
part of New Hampshire, bounded north by Coos county, east 
by Maine, south-west by Rockingham county, and west by 
Grafton county. Population 41,594. Chief towns, Dover, 
Gilmanton, Rochester, and Durham. 
STRAFFORD, a township of the United States, in Orange 
county, Vermont; 35 miles north of Windsor. Here is an 
extensive copperas manufactory. 
STRAFFORD, a township of the United States, in Mont¬ 
gomery county, New York; 15 miles north-west of Johns¬ 
town. 
To STRA'GGLE, v. n. [Of this word no etymology is 
known: it is probably a frequentative of strap, from strav- 
viare, Italian, of extra viarn, Latin.] To wander without 
any certain direction ; to rove; to ramble. 
But stay, like one that thinks to bring his friend 
A mile or two, and sees the journey’s end : 
I straggle on too far. Suckling. 
To wander dispersedly.—He likewise enriched poor strag¬ 
gling soldiers with great quantity. Shakspeare. —To ex¬ 
uberate ; to shoot too far. 
Were they content to prune the lavish vine* 
Of straggling branches, and improve the wine. Prior . 
Trim off the small superfluous branches on each side of 
the hedge that straggle too far out. Mortimer. —To be 
dispersed ; to be apart from any main body ; to stand single 
—-Having passed the Syrens, they camp between Scylla and 
Charybdis, and the straggling rocks, which seemed to cast 
out great store of flames and smoke. Ralegh. 
STRAGGLE, s. A wanderer ; a rover; one who for¬ 
sakes his company; one who rambles without any settled 
direction. 
Let’s whip these stragglers o’er the seas again. 
Lash hence these over-weening rags of France, 
These famish’d beggars. Shakspeare. 
Any thing that pushes beyond the rest, or stands single. 
Let thy hand supply the pruning knife. 
And crop luxuriant stragglers, nor be loth 
To strip the branches of their leafy growth. Pry den. 
STRAGGLETHORPE, a parish of England, in Lincoln¬ 
shire ; 12 miles west-north-west of Sleaford. 
STRAID, a small village of Ireland, in the county of 
Antrim ; 89J miles north of Dublin. 
STRAIGHT, adj. It is well observed by Ainsworth, 
that for not crooked we ought to write straight, and for 
narrow strait; but for streight, which is sometimes found, 
there is no good authority. Dr. Johnson. —It is from the 
Saxon pcjiac, right, direct; strack, Germ, the same; which, 
as Serenius and Dr. Jamieson have observed, are from the 
verbs signifying to stretch; as straccka, Su. Goth, ftpeccan. 
Sax. And a straight line, the latter adds, gives us the idea 
of that which is stretched out between two points.] Not 
crooked : right. 
Beauty made barren the swell’d boast 
Of him that best could speak; feature, laming 
The shrine of Venus, or straight-p\$\t Minerva. 
Shakspeare. 
Narrow; close. This should properly be strait; estroit, 
Fr. [See Strait.] —Queen Elizabeth used to say of her in¬ 
structions to great officers, that they were like to garments, 
strait at the first putting on, but did by and by wear loose 
enough. Bacon. —Tense ; tight. Of this sense it is doubt¬ 
ful whether it belongs to strait , close, narrow; or to 
straight, not crooked. Pull the cord straight, may mean, 
draw it till it has no flexure; tie it straight about you, 
may mean, draw it into a narrower co?npass. This ambi¬ 
guity has perhaps confounded the orthography. 
STRAIGHT, adv. [straw, Danish; strack, Dutch.] 
Immediately; directly. This sense is naturally derived from 
the adjective, as a straight line is the shortest line between 
two points. 
If the devil come and roar for them, 
I will not send them. I will after straight, 
And tell him so. Shakspeare, 
STRAIGHT, a small river of North America, which falls 
into the Ohio between the Little Miami and the Scioto. 
STRAIGHT CREEK, a river of America, which runs 
into the Ohio. Lat. 38. 38. N. long. 84. 2. W. 
To STRAI'GHTEN, v. a. To make not crooked ; to 
make straight.-r-,A crooked stick is not straightened, except 
it be as far bent on the clean contrary side. Hooker. —Of 
ourselves being so apt to err, the only way which we have to 
straighten our path is, by following the rule of his will, 
whose 
