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strunt
▪ I. strunt, n.1 Now dial. (Sc. and north.) (strʌnt) [Cf. strunt a.; also Sw. dial. strunt stiff grass.] The fleshy part of the tail of an animal, esp. of a horse; also, rarely, that of a bird. Hence, also, the whole tail.[1577: cf. strunt a.] 1610 Markham Masterp. i. ciii. 205 Feele all downe the s...
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Alice Timander
In her first autobiography, Strunt i kläder, Timander writes that she defied the threat by wearing an even smaller bikini. References
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Alice Timander, Alice Timander, Stockholm : Norstedt, 1989,
Alice Timander, Strunt i kläder, Stockholm : Nordståhl & Backstroem, 1968
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strumple
† ˈstrumple Obs. In 6 strumpell. [Alteration of stumple (? influenced by strunt).] The fleshy stem of a horse's tail.1598 R. Haydocke tr. Lomazzo i. xx. 70 The truncke or strumpell is the beginning of the [horse's] taile. Ibid., The taile which is fastned to the strumpell. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh...
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Rondout–West Strand Historic District
The Strand (original pronunciation, in Dutch: "strunt"). Strand means, in Dutch, a shore or beach.
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strunty
strunty, a. Sc. and north. (ˈstrʌntɪ) [f. strunt a. or n.1 + -y.] Stunted, short.1756 M. Calderwood in Coltness Coll. ii. (Maitland Club) 169 All the road we had to travell was a dead sandy desart, covered with a poor strunty heather. 1808 Jamieson, Strunty, short, contracted; as a strunty gown. 189...
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birb
† birb Obs. rare—1. A minute barb or beard.1658 R. Franck North. Mem. (1821) 183 Their..birbs as stiff and as strunt as bristles.
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menseless
menseless, a. Obs. exc. Sc. (ˈmɛnslɪs) [f. mense n. + -less.] Destitute of propriety, decorum or seemliness.15.. Colkelbie Sow in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Club) 1026 This cursit company And mensles mangery. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil Sonn. xv, O, but I fear mine hopes be void, or menceless! 1787 Burn...
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strum
▪ I. strum, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. and Naut. (strʌm) Forms: α. 4, 7, 9 strom, 7 stroam(e, 8 strawm, 8–9 stroom. β. 5 strumme, 8–9 strum. γ. 9 strung, strun. [Of obscure origin.] 1. Brewing. An oblong basket of wicker work placed over the bung-hole within the mash-tub to prevent the grains and hops pass...
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stunte
▪ I. stunt, n.1 (stʌnt) [f. stunt v.1] 1. A check in growth; also, a state of arrested growth or development.1795 Trans. Soc. Arts XIII. 166 If it [a tree] takes a stunt. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Stunt, a check in growth. Ex. ‘That tree has got a stunt.’ 1864 Lowell Fireside Trav. 143 The compre...
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stink
▪ I. stink, n. (stɪŋk) Forms: 3–4 stinc, 4 stenke, stinck, stync, 4–5 stynke, 4–6 stynk, 4–7 stinke, 7 stincke, 4– stink. [f. the vb. Perh. in some instances a dialectal variant of stinch: see stench n. γ] 1. a. A foul, disgusting, or offensive smell: = stench n. 2.a 1300 Cursor M. 11860 Þe roting þ...
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