a-strut, advb. phr.
(əˈstrʌt)
Forms: 4 a-strout, o strut, one strowte, 5 on strut, 5–6 a strote, 6 a strute, a strutte, 6–8 astrut, 5– a-strut.
[a prep.1 + strut n.]
1. Sticking out, projecting stiffly; protruding, swollen, puffed up. arch.
| c 1330 Pol. Songs 336 The knif stant a-strout. c 1400 Sir Isumbras 620 His eghne stode one strowte. 1532 More Confut. Tindale Wks. 589/1 Theyre belyes standinge a strutte with stuffing. 1606 Choice, Chance, etc. 28 With his armes astrut, like a Scarcrow in a peas-garden. 1785 Cowper Task v. 268 Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. |
† 2. Stubbornly. Obs.
| 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Pref. 194 Þei schoued, þei þrist, þei stode o strut. c 1460 Towneley Myst. 49, I rede no man from him dray, In way, ne stand on strut. |
3. On the strut, strutting, walking grandiosely.