Part 76

~Stiff~, _a._ ~1.~ Rigid, unbending, unyielding, inflexible.

~2.~ Firm, tenacious, thick, inspissated.

~3.~ Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, severe, strict, straight-laced, stringent, peremptory, absolute, positive, austere, dogmatic, uncompromising.

~4.~ Formal, constrained, ceremonious, punctilious, prim, starch, stately, chilling, frigid, in buckram.

~5.~ Inelegant, cramped, harsh, crude, graceless, abrupt.

~6.~ Strong, fresh.

~Stiff-necked~, _a._ Stubborn, obdurate, dogged, mulish, headstrong, contumacious, cross-grained, unruly, intractable.

~Stifle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Smother, choke, suffocate.

~2.~ Suppress, repress, check, deaden, stop, destroy, extinguish, quench.

~3.~ Still, hush, silence, muffle, muzzle, gag.

~Stigma~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark (_made with a hot iron_), brand.

~2.~ Stain, blot, disgrace, reproach, dishonor.

~Stigmatize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Brand, mark with a hot iron.

~2.~ Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, vilify, defame, discredit, brand, post.

~Stiletto~, _n._ ~1.~ Dagger, dirk, poniard.

~2.~ Bodkin.

~Still~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Silence, stifle, muffle, hush.

~2.~ Calm, compose, quiet, allay, appease, pacify, tranquillize, smooth.

~Still~, _a._ ~1.~ Silent, noiseless, hushed, mute, mum.

~2.~ Quiet, calm, tranquil, placid, serene, stilly.

~3.~ Motionless, quiescent, at rest.

~Still~, _ad._ or _conj._ ~1.~ Yet, till now, to this time.

~2.~ However, nevertheless, notwithstanding.

~3.~ Always, ever, continually, habitually.

~Stilly~, _a._ Quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, still.

~Stilt~, _n._ Stilt-bird, long-legged plover (_Himantopus melanopterus_).

~Stilt-bird~, _n._ STILT.

~Stilted~, _a._ Pompous, swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, grandiloquent, high-flowing, high-sounding, _HIGH- FALUTIN_, on stilts.

~Stimulant~, _a._ Stimulating, exciting, stimulative.

~Stimulant~, _n._ ~1.~ Stimulating medicine.

~2.~ Incentive, STIMULUS.

~Stimulate~, _v. a._ Incite, excite, instigate, animate, awaken, provoke, pique, encourage, inspirit, urge, prompt, goad, rouse, arouse, whet, foment, spur, impel, inflame, fire, kindle, stir up, set on, work up.

~Stimulative~, _a._ Stimulating, STIMULANT.

~Stimulative~, _n._ STIMULUS.

~Stimulus~, _n._ Incentive, spur, goad, incitement, stimulant, provocative, provocation, motive, encouragement.

~Sting~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prick, wound, hurt.

~2.~ Afflict, pain, cut to the quick, go to one's heart.

~Stingy~, _a._ Niggardly, penurious, parsimonious, miserly, close, mean, covetous, avaricious, sordid, close-fisted.

~Stink~, _v. n._ Smell bad, smell ill, emit a stench.

~Stink~, _n._ Stench, fetor, FUNK, offensive odor, bad smell.

~Stinkard~, _n._ Teledu (_Mydaus meliceps_).

~Stink-stone~, _n._ Swinestone.

~Stink-trap~, _n._ Cesspool, stench-trap.

~Stint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Limit, bound, restrain, confine.

~2.~ Straiten, pinch, distress, put on short allowance.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Assign a task to.

~Stint~, _v. n._ Stop, cease, desist.

~Stint~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, bound, restraint.

~2.~ Quantity assigned.

~3.~ Allotted task.

~Stipe~, _n._ Stalk (_of a pistil_), stem (_of a mushroom or a fern_).

~Stipend~, _n._ Salary, wages, allowance, pay, hire, compensation, remuneration.

~Stipple~, _v. a._ Engrave (_by dots, instead of lines_).

~Stipulate~, _v. n._ Bargain, agree, contract, engage, covenant, provide.

~Stipulation~, _n._ Bargain, agreement, contract, engagement, obligation, covenant, indenture, concordat, pact, convention.

~Stir~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Move.

~2.~ Agitate, disturb.

~3.~ Discuss, argue, moot.

~4.~ Instigate, incite, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, prompt, stimulate, provoke, animate, goad, spur, stir up, set on.

~Stir~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Move, budge, go, change place, change one's position, move one's self.

~2.~ Be active, be in motion.

~3.~ Appear, happen, turn up, come into notice.

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Rise (_from bed in the morning_), get up.

~Stir~, _n._ ~1.~ Movement, activity, bustle, FUSS, hurry, flurry, fidget, ado.

~2.~ Agitation, excitement, confusion, tumult, commotion.

~Stir one's stumps~, [_Colloquial._] Hasten, be quick, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet.

~Stirrer up~, Inciter, instigator.

~Stirring~, _a._ Active, lively, brisk, smart, industrious, diligent.

~Stir up~, Instigate, excite, STIR.

~Stitch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sew, sew together.

~2.~ Make stitches in.

~Stithy~, _n._ Smithy, smithery, FORGE, smith's shop.

~Stive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stow, stuff close.

~2.~ Make hot, close, or sultry.

~Stoat~, _n._ Ermine (_Mustela erminea_), meniver.

~Stock~, _n._ ~1.~ Trunk (_of a tree_), stalk, stem.

~2.~ Post, pillar, block, log.

~3.~ Handle (_of an instrument_), haft.

~4.~ Cravat, neckcloth.

~5.~ Race, lineage, pedigree, parentage, ancestry, family.

~6.~ Capital, fund, invested property.

~7.~ Store, supply, accumulation, provision, hoard, reserve.

~8.~ Live-stock, domestic animals (_on a farm_).

~Stock~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Store, supply, furnish, fill.

~2.~ Reserve, save, garner, hoard, reposit, accumulate, lay in, treasure up, lay by.

~Stock-dove~, _n._ Wild pigeon (_of Europe_), wood-pigeon (_Columba ænas_).

~Stockholder~, _n._ Shareholder.

~Stockish~, _a._ Stupid, blockish, STOLID.

~Stock-jobber~, _n._ Speculator in stocks, trader in stocks.

~Stocks~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Funds (_invested in joint-stock enterprises or in the obligations of a Government_), public funds, public securities.

~2.~ Shares (_in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a Government_).

~Stock-still~, _a._ Stone-still, perfectly still.

~Stocky~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Stout, plump, chubbed, stubby, STUMPY, short and thick.

~Stoic~, _n._ Follower of Zeno, stoical philosopher.

~Stoic~, _a._ Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded.

~Stoical~, _a._ Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded.

~Stoicism~, _n._ ~1.~ Stoical philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.

~2.~ Apathy, insensibility, coolness, indifference, coldness, phlegm, cold blood.

~Stolen~, _a._ ~1.~ Purloined, pilfered, taken wrongfully.

~2.~ Furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, clandestine, secret, sly.

~Stolid~, _a._ Stupid, dull, heavy, doltish, slow, foolish, blockish, obtuse, stockish.

~Stolidity~, _n._ Stupidity, dullness, foolishness, doltishness, obtuseness, stolidness.

~Stolidness~, _n._ STOLIDITY.

~Stoma~, _n._ [Gr. pl. _Stomata_.] ~1.~ Pore (_in plants_).

~2.~ Breathing-hole (_in articulate animals_).

~Stomach~, _n._ ~1.~ Appetite.

~2.~ Inclination, desire, taste, liking.

~Stomach~, _v. a._ Brook, endure, bear, suffer, put up with.

~Stomachal~, _a._ STOMACHIC.

~Stomachic~, _n._ Cordial, medicine for the stomach, stomachal.

~Stomachic~, _a._ Stomachal, cordial, good for the stomach.

~Stomachical~, _a._ Stomachal, cordial, good for the stomach.

~Stone~, _n._ ~1.~ ROCK, PEBBLE.

~2.~ Gem, jewel, precious stone.

~3.~ Nut (_of a drupe_).

~4.~ Vesical calculus.

~5.~ Testicle.

~6.~ Monumental tablet.

~Stone~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pelt with stones.

~2.~ Face with stone, line with stone.

~3.~ Free from stones.

~Stone-bed~, _n._ Quarry, stone-pit.

~Stone-blind~, _a._ Totally blind.

~Stone-coal~, _n._ Anthracite, blind-coal, glance-coal, hard-coal.

~Stone-cold~, _a._ Cold as stone.

~Stone-curlew~, _n._ Stone-plover (_Œdicnemus crepitans_).

~Stone-fruit~, _n._ Drupe.

~Stone-pit~, _n._ Quarry, stone-bed.

~Stone-plover~, _n._ STONE-CURLEW.

~Stone's cast~, _n._ STONE'S THROW.

~Stone's throw~, _n._ Stone's cast, short distance, few steps.

~Stone-still~, _a._ STOCK-STILL.

~Stone-weed~, _n._ Red-root (_Lithospermum arvense_).

~Stony-hearted~, _a._ Cruel, unfeeling, pitiless, remorseless, hard- hearted.

~Stook~, _n._ Shock (_of corn_), hattock.

~Stool~, _n._ ~1.~ Seat (_without a back_).

~2.~ Discharge (_from the bowels_), evacuation.

~3.~ [_Local, U. S._] Decoy-bird.

~Stool-pigeon~, _n._ ~1.~ Decoy-pigeon.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Decoy-rogue (_employed by the police_).

~Stoop~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Couch, bend forward, bend down, lean forward.

~2.~ Cower, yield, submit, succumb, surrender, knuckle, give in.

~3.~ Condescend, deign, vouchsafe.

~4.~ Swoop, descend, come down, bear down.

~5.~ Sink, fall.

~Stoop~, _v. a._ Lower, abase, bow, bend down, bend forward.

~Stoop~, _n._ ~1.~ Condescension.

~2.~ Swoop, descent.

~3.~ Flagon, bowl.

~4.~ [_U. S._] Door-steps, porch.

~Stop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Close, close up.

~2.~ HINDER, repress, restrain, suppress, obstruct, stay, intercept, preclude, thwart, impede, interrupt, block, blockade, barricade, check, bring to a stand-still, lay an embargo on.

~3.~ Leave, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, make an end of.

~4.~ Suspend, arrest, intermit, discontinue, quiet, put an end to.

~Stop~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be at a stand-still, come to a stand, come to a stand-still, come to a dead lock, cease progress, halt, stand still, lie by, LIE TO.

~2.~ Cease, desist, forbear, leave off, break off.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Tarry, stay, lodge, take lodgings, have lodgings.

~Stop~, _n._ ~1.~ Pause, rest, intermission.

~2.~ Interruption, repression, obstruction, hinderance, obstacle, check, impediment.

~3.~ Point, mark of punctuation.

~Stop-cock~, _n._ Cock, tap.

~Stoppage~, _n._ Obstruction, hinderance, interruption, prevention.

~Stopper~, _n._ Stopple, plug.

~Stopple~, _n._ Stopper, plug.

~Store~, _n._ ~1.~ Stock, supply.

~2.~ Abundance, plenty, great quantity, great number.

~3.~ Warehouse, magazine, store-house, repository, depot.

~4.~ Shop.

~Store~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Garner, hoard, husband, deposit, save, reserve, treasure up, lay in, lay up, lay by, set by, store up, lay in store.

~2.~ Supply, furnish, stock, replenish, provide.

~Store-house~, _n._ Magazine, warehouse, repository, depot, store.

~Storge~, _n._ [Gr.] Parental love, instinctive affection (_for offspring_).

~Storm~, _n._ ~1.~ Tempest, gale, SQUALL, hurricane, TORNADO, violent wind (_usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow_).

~2.~ Disturbance, agitation, commotion, tumult, turmoil, clamor, sedition, insurrection, outbreak.

~3.~ Calamity, adversity, distress.

~4.~ Attack, assault, onslaught, onset, first brunt.

~Storm~, _v. a._ Attack (_with violence, as a fortification_), assault.

~Storm~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Blow violently (_with or without rain, hail, or snow_).

~2.~ Rage, fume.

~Storminess~, _n._ Tempestuousness, inclemency, roughness.

~Stormy~, _a._ ~1.~ Tempestuous, windy, gusty, squally, boisterous, blustering.

~2.~ Violent, passionate, rough.

~Stormy petrel~, Mother Carey's chicken (_Procellaria pelagica_).

~Story~, _n._ ~1.~ History.

~2.~ Narration, narrative, recital, relation, rehearsal, account, statement, tale.

~3.~ Fiction, fable, romance, novel.

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Falsehood, untruth, lie.

~5.~ Floor, loft.

~Stout~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, sinewy, brawny, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, stalwart, vigorous, able-bodied.

~2.~ Brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, bold, manful, manly, resolute, gallant, firm, indomitable.

~3.~ Large, corpulent, obese, strapping, bouncing, portly, chubby, jolly, burly, plump, fat, in good case.

~Stout-hearted~, _a._ Brave, valiant, valorous, courageous, resolute, gallant, intrepid, fearless, heroic, manly.

~Stove-pipe~, _n._ Funnel.

~Stow~, _v. a._ Pack, stuff, stive, wedge in, put in compactly.

~Strabism~, _n._ Squinting, STRABISMUS.

~Strabismus~, _n._ Squinting, strabism, cast of the eye, obliquity of vision.

~Straddle~, _v. a._ Bestride.

~Straggle~, _v. n._ Rove, ramble, stray, stroll, range, roam, wander, deviate, digress, gad about, go out of the way, go astray.

~Straggler~, _n._ Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, stroller, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Straggling~, _a._ ~1.~ Roving, rambling, straying, strolling, wandering.

~2.~ Scattered, occurring here and there.

~3.~ Isolated, solitary.

~Strahlstein~, _n._ Actinolite, ray-stone.

~Straight~, _a._ ~1.~ Rectilinear, direct, short, near, right, undeviating, not crooked, not curved.

~2.~ Vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular.

~3.~ Just, fair, honorable, straightforward.

~Straight~, _ad._ Immediately, directly, forthwith, straightway, at once, without delay.

~Straight-edge~, _n._ Strike, strickle.

~Straighten~, _v. a._ Make straight.

~Straightforward~, _a._ ~1.~ Direct, undeviating, STRAIGHT.

~2.~ Honest, honorable, equitable, fair, just, square, even-handed.

~Straightforward~, _ad._ Directly, in a straight line, without turning to the right or to the left.

~Straightway~, _ad._ STRAIGHT, immediately.

~Strain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stretch, draw tightly.

~2.~ Wrench, sprain.

~3.~ Exert (_to the utmost_), put to the utmost strength.

~4.~ Pervert (_from the true intent_), push too far.

~5.~ Force, constrain, compel.

~6.~ Filter, purify (_by filtration_).

~Strain~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Try hard, make great efforts.

~2.~ Percolate, filter, be filtered, be strained.

~Strain~, _n._ ~1.~ Extreme tension.

~2.~ Over-exertion, violent effort, great exertion.

~3.~ Sprain, wrench.

~4.~ Tune, melody, movement.

~5.~ Poem, lay, song, sonnet.

~6.~ Style, manner.

~Strait~, _a._ ~1.~ Narrow, close, contracted, constricted, not broad, not wide.

~2.~ Strict, rigorous, rigid, severe.

~Strait~, n. ~1.~ Narrow pass (_especially between two seas_), gut, narrows.

~2.~ Distress, difficulty, perplexity, dilemma, embarrassment, pinch, exigency, emergency, critical situation.

~Straiten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confine, limit, constrict, contract.

~2.~ Stretch, straighten, make tight or tense.

~3.~ Distress, perplex, pinch, embarrass, oppress.

~Straitened~, _a._ Distressed, perplexed, embarrassed.

~Strait-jacket~, _n._ Strait-waistcoat.

~Straight-laced~, _a._ Strict, rigid, formal, stiff, stern, rigorous, austere, uncompromising.

~Strait-waistcoat~, _n._ Strait-jacket.

~Strake~, _n._ (_Ship building._) Streak, range of planks (_on the side of a vessel_).

~Stramonium~, _n._ Thorn-apple, stramony, Jamestown weed, apple Peru (_Datura stramonium_).

~Stramony~, _n._ STRAMONIUM.

~Strand~, _n._ Beach, shore, coast, seaboard, seacoast.

~Stranded~, _a._ Aground, ashore, wrecked, cast away.

~Strand~, _v. n._ Run aground, get ashore, be wrecked, be cast away.

~Strange~, _a._ ~1.~ Foreign, outlandish, exotic, alien, not native, not domestic, from abroad.

~2.~ New, novel, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, abnormal, anomalous, singular, rare, irregular, extraordinary, wonderful, inexplicable, exceptional, unique, PRETERNATURAL, unheard of, out of the way.

~3.~ Odd, eccentric, queer, peculiar, BIZARRE.

~Stranger~, _n._ ~1.~ Foreigner, alien.

~2.~ Guest, visitor.

~Stranger~, _a._ ~1.~ Foreign, alien.

~2.~ Unacquainted, unknown.

~Strangle~, _v. a._ Choke, throttle, suffocate.

~Strap~, _n._ ~1.~ Thong.

~2.~ Strop, razor-strap, razor-strop.

~3.~ Ligature, tie, band.

~Strap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Whip (_with a strap_).

~2.~ Bind (_with a strap_), fasten.

~3.~ Strop, sharpen (_on a strap_).

~Strapper~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Large person, giant, BOUNCER.

~Strapping~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Large, huge, vast, BOUNCING, portly, burly, stout, lusty, stalwart, gigantic, Herculean.

~Strata~, _n. pl._ [L. _sing. Stratum_.] Layers (_as of rocks_), beds.

~Stratagem~, _n._ Artifice, device, manœuvre, intrigue, wile, trick, fetch, finesse, ruse, dodge, crafty device, artful contrivance, stroke of policy.

~Strategetic~, _a._ Strategic, strategical.

~Strategetical~, _a._ Strategic, strategical.

~Strategetics~, _n. pl._ STRATEGY, generalship.

~Strategic~, _a._ Strategetic, strategetical.

~Strategical~, _a._ Strategetic, strategetical.

~Strategy~, _n._ Generalship, strategetics, tactics, military science.

~Stratified~, _a._ In strata, in layers.

~Stratum~, _n._ [L. _pl. Strata_.] Layer, bed.

~Straw~, _n._ Stalk (_of grain after being thrashed_).

~Stray~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wander, rove, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stroll, deviate, digress, go out of the way, go astray.

~2.~ Swerve (_from rectitude_), err.

~Stray~, _n._ Estray.

~Stray~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Straying, wandering, gone astray.

~Strayer~, _n._ Wanderer, rambler, rover, stroller, vagrant, straggler, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Streak~, _n._ ~1.~ Stripe.

~2.~ STRAKE.

~Streak~, _v. a._ Stripe.

~Streaked~, _a._ Striped, streaky.

~Streaky~, _a._ Striped, streaked.

~Stream~, _n._ ~1.~ Current, course, flow, rush, tide.

~2.~ River, rivulet, brook, run.

~Stream~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flow, run, glide, pour.

~2.~ Issue, radiate, go forth.

~3.~ Extend, stretch out.

~Streamer~, _n._ Pennon, banner, flag, ensign, standard, colors.

~Streamlet~, _n._ Rill, brook, rivulet, runlet, runnel, run, BURN, small stream.

~Street~, _n._ Road, highway, public way.

~Street-walker~, _n._ STRUMPET, whore.

~Strength~, _n._ ~1.~ Power, FORCE, might, potency, puissance, nerve.

~2.~ Tenacity, toughness, solidity.

~3.~ Lustiness, brawniness, robustness, stoutness.

~4.~ Fortitude, courage, spirit, animation, firmness, resolution.

~5.~ Validity, cogency, efficacy, prevalence, soundness.

~6.~ Vigor (_of style_), energy, nervous diction.

~7.~ Support, security, stay.

~Strengthen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fortify, brace, harden, steel, nerve, make strong, make stronger, give strength to, add strength to.

~2.~ Intensify, make more intense.

~3.~ Invigorate, animate, impart health to.

~4.~ Confirm, corroborate, establish, justify, sustain, support.

~Strengthen~, _v. n._ Grow strong.

~Strengthening~, _a._ ~1.~ Fortifying, bracing.

~2.~ Invigorating, roborant, tonic.

~Strenuous~, _a._ Zealous, ardent, earnest, active, vigorous, resolute, energetic.

~Strenuously~, _ad._ Earnestly, ardently, vigorously, zealously, resolutely, energetically, actively, with all one's might, with might and main, tooth and nail, PUGNIS ET CALCIBUS, HAMMER AND TONGS, through thick and thin, through fire and water.

~Stress~, _n._ ~1.~ Force, strain.

~2.~ Pressure, urgency.

~3.~ Importance, significance, weight.

~4.~ EMPHASIS, ACCENT.

~Stretch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strain, tighten, make tense.

~2.~ Extend, lengthen, elongate, draw out.

~3.~ Reach, stretch forth, hold out.

~4.~ Spread, expand, unfold, display.

~5.~ Exaggerate, extend too far.

~Stretch~, _v. n._ Extend, reach, be drawn out.

~Stretch~, _n._ ~1.~ Extent, extension, reach, compass, range.

~2.~ Effort, struggle, strain, exertion.

~Stretch forth~, Reach, hold out.

~Strew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scatter, spread.

~2.~ Cover, overspread.

~Stria~, _n._ [L. _pl. Striæ_.] Furrow, groove, channel.

~Striate~, _a._ Channelled, furrowed, grooved.

~Striated~, _a._ Channelled, furrowed, grooved.

~Stricken~, _a._ ~1.~ Struck, smitten, wounded, afflicted.

~2.~ Advanced (_in years_), far gone.

~Stricken hour~, Whole hour, entire hour.

~Strickle~, _n._ Strike, straight-edge.

~Strict~, _a._ ~1.~ Tight, strained.

~2.~ Exact, accurate, precise, very nice.

~3.~ Severe, rigorous, stringent, stern, austere, harsh, uncompromising, strait-laced.

~Stricture~, _n._ ~1.~ Animadversion, censure, criticism, critique, critical remark.

~2.~ (_Med._) Contraction (_of some duct, as the œsophagus_).

~Stride~, _n._ Long step.

~Stride~, _v. n._ Take long steps.

~Stride~, _v. a._ Bestride.

~Stridor~, _n._ [L.] Grating, creaking, jarring, harsh sound.

~Stridulous~, _a._ Grating, harsh, creaking.

~Strife~, _n._ Contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel.

~Strike~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Smite, beat, hit, knock, slap, bump, pound, give a blow to.

~2.~ Cast, dash, hurl.

~3.~ Impress, imprint, stamp, coin, mint.

~4.~ Thrust, force, drive, impel.

~5.~ Deal, inflict, give.

~6.~ Cause (_by a sudden impulse_), produce.

~7.~ Impress (_suddenly_), affect.

~8.~ Lower (_as a sail_), take down, haul down.

~Strike~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Deal a blow.

~2.~ Hit, clash, dash, collide, touch, come in contact.

~3.~ Sound (_by percussion_).

~4.~ Dart, penetrate, pass quickly, shoot.

~5.~ Yield, surrender, strike the flag.

~6.~ [_Modern._] Rebel, mutiny, rise, quit work (_in order to extort higher wages_).

~Strike at~, Attempt to strike, aim a blow at, try to hit.

~Strike~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke.

~2.~ Strickle, straight-edge.

~3.~ Suspension of work (_in order to extort higher wages_), turn-out.

~Strike for~, Start suddenly for, make for, move toward, go toward.

~Strike hands with~, Agree with, make a bargain with.

~Strike home~, Deal an effective blow.

~Strike in~, ~1.~ Enter suddenly.

~2.~ Interpose, interrupt.

~3.~ Disappear (_from the surface_).

~Strike in with~, Side with, take part with, conform to.

~Strike off~, ~1.~ Cut off (_by a blow_).

~2.~ Erase (_from an account_), strike out.

~3.~ Print (_as copies of a book_).

~Strike out~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Produce (_by a blow_), force out.

~2.~ Erase, efface, strike off.

~3.~ Devise, contrive, invent, plan.

~Strike out~, [_Neuter._] Rove, wander, make a sudden excursion.

~Strike the iron while it is hot~, Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines.

~Strike up~, ~1.~ Begin to beat (_as drums_).

~2.~ Begin to play or sing.

~Striking~, _a._ Affecting, impressive, surprising, astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary, STUNNING.

~String~, _n._ ~1.~ Line, cord, thread, twine, CHORD.

~2.~ Row, file, series, concatenation.

~String~, _v. a._ ~1.~ File, put on a string.

~2.~ Set in a row, put in line.

~3.~ Strengthen, fortify, make firm.

~Stringent~, _a._ ~1.~ Binding, contracting.

~2.~ STRICT, rigid, severe, rigorous.

~String-halt~, _n._ Spring-halt.

~Stringy~, _a._ ~1.~ Fibrous, filamentous.

~2.~ Ropy, viscid, viscous, glutinous, adhesive, smeary, dauby.

~Strip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tear off, pull off, strip off.

~2.~ Uncover, denude, peel, lay bare.

~3.~ Divest, deprive, bereave, despoil, fleece, shave, make destitute.

~4.~ Rob, plunder, pillage, spoil, sack, ransack, devastate, desolate, lay waste.

~5.~ Milk dry.

~Strip~, _v. n._ Undress, uncover, take off the clothes.

~Strip~, _n._ Piece (_long and narrow, torn off_), slip, shred.

~Stripe~, _v. a._ Streak.

~Stripe~, _n._ ~1.~ Streak.

~2.~ Stroke (_with a lash_), blow.

~3.~ Wale, mark of the lash.

~Striped~, _a._ Streaked.

~Striped alder~, Witch-hazel.

~Striped squirrel~, Hackee, chipmunk.

~Stripling~, _n._ Lad, boy, youth, youngster, school-boy, YOUNKER.

~Strippings~, _n. pl._ Strokings.

~Strip off~, Strip, tear off, pull off.

~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, compete, cope, have a contest.

~3.~ [_Poetical._] Vie, compare, be comparable.

~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.

~Stroll~, _v. n._ Wander, ramble, rove, roam, straggle, stray, range, wander about, stray about.

~Stroll~, _n._ Ramble, walk, promenade, excursion, trip, tour, wandering, rambling, roving.

~Stroller~, _n._ Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, straggler, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Strolling~, _a._ Wandering, roving, vagrant, nomadic.

~Strong~, _a._ ~1.~ Vigorous, robust, sturdy, athletic, brawny, sinewy, muscular, stalwart, Herculean, able-bodied, hale, healthy, hardy, stout.

~2.~ Able, capable, efficient, mighty, potent, powerful, puissant.

~3.~ Firm, solid, compact, impregnable, well fortified.

~4.~ Energetic, active, vivid, intense.

~5.~ Violent, impetuous, vehement.

~6.~ Pungent, piquant, biting, sharp, racy, spicy, hot, peppery, high- seasoned, high-flavored.

~7.~ Tenacious, tough, cohesive, resisting, stubborn.

~8.~ Cogent, forcible, impressive, conclusive, persuasive.

~9.~ Ardent, eager, zealous, hearty, earnest.

~10.~ Alcoholic (_in a high degree_), intoxicating.