Strive, strīv, v.i. to make efforts (with with, against, for): to endeavour earnestly: to labour hard: to struggle, to fight: to contend: to aim:—pa.t. strōve; pa.p. striv′en.—ns. Strīv′er; Strīv′ing.—adv. Strīv′ingly, with striving, struggles, or earnest efforts. [O. Fr. estriver—estrif, strife—Scand., Ice. strídh, strife.]
Strix, striks, n. a genus typical of Strigidæ. [L. strix—Gr. strix, a screech-owl.]
Stroam, strōm, v.i. (prov.) to wander idly about.
Strob, strob, n. the angular velocity of one radian per second.—adj. Strob′ic, seeming to spin. [Gr. strobos—strephein, to twist.]
Strobila, stro-bī′la, n. a discomedusan at the stage succeeding the scyphistoma: a segmented tapeworm.—adj. Strobilā′ceous.—v.i. Strob′ilate.—n. Strobilā′tion. [Gr. strobilē, a twisted plug of lint.]
Strobile, strob′il, n. (bot.) a cone—also Strob′ilus.—adjs. Strobilif′erous; Strobil′iform; Strob′iline; Strob′iloid.
Stroboscope, strob′ō-skōp, n. an apparatus for observing periodic motion by throwing light at intervals on the rotating body.—adj. Stroboscop′ic. [Gr. strobos, a turning, skopein, to see.]
Strode, strōd, pa.t. of stride.
Stroke, strōk, n. a blow: a sudden attack: calamity: the sound of a clock: a dash in writing: the sweep of an oar in rowing, the aftmost oar of a boat: the movement of the piston of a steam-engine: the touch of a pen or pencil: any characteristic feature: an effective action, a feat, a masterly effort: a mental act, the action of any faculty of the mind.—v.t. and v.i. to act as stroke for, to row the stroke-oar of a boat.—n. Stroke′-oar, the aftmost oar in a boat, or its rower, whose stroke leads the rest. [A.S. strác, pa.t. of strícan, to strike.]
Stroke, strōk, v.t. to rub gently in one direction: to rub gently in kindness.—ns. Strōk′er; Strōk′ing. [A.S. strácian, a causal of strícan, as above; cf. Ger. streicheln, to stroke, from streichen, to rub.]