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Stroot (?), v. t. [Cf. Strut, v. i.] To swell out; to strut. [Obs.] Chapman.

Strop (?), n. [See Strap.] A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.

Strop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stropped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stropping.] To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.

Strop, n. [Cf. F. estrope, étrope, fr. L. struppus. See Strop a strap.] (Naut.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

||Stro*phan"thus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a turning + &?; a flower.] ||(Bot.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly ||twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used ||medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.

Stro"phe (?), n.; pl. Strophes (#). [NL., from Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to twist, to turn; perh. akin to E. strap.] In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.

Stroph"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.

{ Stro"phi*o*late (?), Stro"phi*o*la`ted (?), } a. (Bot.) Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it. Gray.

Stro"phi*ole (?), n. [L. strophiolum a little chaplet, dim. of strophium a band, Gr. &?;, dim. of &?; a twisted band: cf. F. strophiole.] (Bot.) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.

||Stroph"u*lus (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) See Red-gum, 1.

Stroud (?), n. A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians.

Stroud"ing, n. Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians.

Strout (?), v. i. [See Strut.] To swell; to puff out; to project. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Strout, v. t. To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. [Obs.] Bacon.

Strove (?), imp. of Strive.

Strow (?), v. t. [imp. Strowed (?); p. p. Strown (?) or Strowed.] Same as Strew.

Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa.

Milton.

A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished.

M. Arnold.

Strowl (?), v. i. To stroll. [Obs.]

Strown (?), p. p. of Strow.

Stroy (?), v. i. To destroy. [Obs.] Tusser.

Struck (?), imp. & p. p. of Strike.

Struck jury (Law), a special jury, composed of persons having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for each party, leaving the number required by law to try the cause.

Struck"en (?), obs. p. p. of Strike. Shak.

Struc"tur*al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.

2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.