Defn: Close; narrow; strict. [Obs.] See Strait.
STREITE
Streite, adv.
Defn: Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [Obs.]
STRELITZ
Strel"itz, n.sing. & pl. Etym: [Russ. strieliéts' a shooter, archer.]
Defn: A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.
STRELITZIA
Stre*litz"i*a, n. Etym: [NL., named after Charlotte, Princess of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of Great Britain.]
(Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.
STRENE Strene, n. Etym: [OE. stren, streen, streon, AS. gestriénan, gestr, gestreónan, to beget, to obtain, gestreón gain, wealth; akin to OHG. striunan to gain. Cf. Strian race, family.]
Defn: Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STRENGER; STRENGEST
Stren"ger, Stren"gest