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Show ST & Having pafled the Syrens, they ecame botwee 3. Obftinacy; ftubbornnefs up. T lay up to la to repofit in order to lay in the proper place Foul thief! where hatt thou foww'd my daughter Shake[peare I' th' holfters of the faddle-bo Hudibras ed piftol he did fow Som "The taft fhould keep the countries from paffag of firaggler com o are the fame with the Saxon yzop, place Gibjon's Camden Stra'BISM. 5. /. [ ffrabifne, Fr. frabi/ mus, Lat.] Afquinting ; a& of lookin afquint 90 STRA'DDLE. @. 7 [fuppofed to com from f#riddle or ftride.] To ftand or wal with the feet removed far from eac other to the right and left; to part th legs wide Let man furvey himfelf, divefled of artificia charms, and he will find himfelf a forked ftraddlin nimal, with bandy legs Arbuthnot and Pope 72 STRA‘GGLE. @..a [Of this wor ro etymology is known : it is probabl a frequentative of fray, from fravwviare Italian, of extra wiam, Latin. 1. To wander without any certain direction ; to rove ; to ramble But ftay ; like one that thinks to bring his fiien A mile or two, and fees the journey's end X fraggle on too far Suckling A wolf fpied out a ffraggling kid, and purfue him L' Efirange Children, even whe they endeavour their ut moft, cannot keep their minds from fraggling 2. To wander difperfedly Locke He likewife enriched poor ffrage/ing foldiers wit great quantity Shakcfpeare's Timon They found in Burford fome of the fraggling foldiers, who out of wearinefs ftayed behind. Clarend Form ffraggling mountaineers, for publick good To rank in tribes, and quit the favage wood Houfes to build, and them contiguous make For cheerful neighbouthecod and fafety's fake. Tare 3. To exuberate ; to fhoot too far Were they content to prune the lavifh vin Of flraggling branches, and improve the wine Trim oft the fmall fuperfluous branches on eac fide of the hedge, that ffraggle too far out Mortimer's Hufbandry 4. To be difperfed; to be apart from an main body ; to ftand fingle Swift crop luxuriant ffragglers, nor be lot To ftrip the branches of their leafy growth His pruning hock corre&s the vines Dryd And theloofe ffragglersto their ranks confines. Pope STRAIGHT. adj. [ firack, old Dutch. I is well obferved by Ainfavorth, that fo not crooked we ought to write fraight, an for narrow, ffrait 5 but for freight, whic is fometimes found, there is no good au thority. . Not crooked 1. 'To make not crooked ; t f r i h A crooked f ick is not Jiraightere as far bent on the clean contrary fide. right €xCept H,,la;el: Of ourfelves being fo apt to err th }? is‘,mb ou Sfraigh e t hav w whic lowing'the rule of his will, whofe f otfteps naturall are right i1 z. To make tenfe ; to tighten Strar'GHTLY. adv. (from firaigh 1. In a right line ; not crookedly z. Tightly ; with tenfion STRAI'GHTNESS. 7. /. [fromfi)‘aigbt. 1. Reitude ; the contrary to crookednefs Some are for mafts, as fir and pine, becaufe o their length and fraightnefs Bacon's Nat, Hif 2. Tenfion ; tightnefs STrAI'GHTWAY Let thy hand fupply the pruning knife Shak. Cymbeline whether fingly or jointly mif 2. Any thing that pufhes beyond the reft or flands fingle 3. Money paid for flowing of goods. SToE forth, and oftentimes ufe to work muc Pragglers, and the other half broken And I am fomething curious, being ftrange STowE they ufe t Lafh hence thefe over-weening rags of France Thefe famifh'd beggars Shake[p. Richard 111 Bottles mifling are fuppofed to be half ftolen b *Tis plate of rare device, and jewel Of rich and exquifite form ; their value 's great To have them in fafe flowage from thofe parts, whenc chief Spenfér's Ireland Let's whip thefe fragglers 0'er the feas again An ftate of being laid up .' STRA'GGLER. 7z /. [from fraggle. 1. A wanderer; arover; one who forfake his company ; one who rambles withou any fettled direction r0'WAGE. 7 /. [from fow. Room for laying up Th To STRAI'GHTEN. @, 4. [from/} :éd';f Dryden Yet ftill he was at hand All the patriots were beheaded, flowed in dun In every vefiel is floevage for immenfe treafures when the cargo is pure bullion, or merchandize o as great a value Addifon Raleigh In freets, but here and there a ffraggling houfe Dryden All his long-toil'd-for treafure his thip foww Into the angry main Careaw iraight takes fire, and mount into 3 bh; Wide was his parifh, not contracted clof their oars, or ftop the leaky fides geons, or condemned to work in the mines. 4dd The goddefs thov'd the veflel from the fhores And fo hin its womb the naval ftores. Pope So grieves th® advent'rous merchant, when h throw Fling but the appearance o glowwzgyit It the firaggling rocks fmoke Saxon ; foe, ol Frifick, a place ; floaven, Dutch Charybdis, an I know thy generous tem e well which feemed to caft out great ftore of flames an Thy mother rather feel thy pride, than fea Thy dangerous floutnefs : forI mock at deat W.th as ftout heart as thou Shake/p. Coriolanus «. a. [yeop an Scyll Come all to ruin, le 70 STOW S.TTR adv. [ fraight and way It is very often written Sraightaays, an therefore is perhaps more properly written ffraightwife.] Immediately; firaight Let me here for ay in peace remain Or fraightway on that laft long voyage fare, Sperf Soon as he enter'd was, the door fraightwa Did fhut Sperfirs Like to a fhip, that, having *fcapd a tempeft Is fraighteay claim'd and boarded with a pirate. Shatke[peare The Turks fraightevay breaking in wpon them made a bloody fight - Knlls Beauty made barren the fwell'd boaf Of him that beft could fpeak; feature, lamin The fhrine of Venus, or fraight-pight Minerva Shakefpeare A hunter's horn and cornet is oblique; yet the Sraightways Baton The found of a bell is ftrong; contmut.:th fom fave that the fraight require fomewhat a ftronge mofphere have likewife ffraight horns; which, if they be o the fame bore with the oblique, differ little in found blaft Bacon's Natural Hiftory There are many feveral forts of crooked lines but there is one only which is fraight Dryden Water and air the varied form confound The firaight looks crooked, and the fguare grow round When I fee a firai half under the water idea Prior ftaff appear crooked whil the water gives me a falf Wattss Logick 2. Narrow ; clofe. This fhould properl be ftrait. [eftroit, Fr. See STrArT. Queen Elizabeth ufed to fay of her inftru&ion to great officers, that they were like to garments Jlrait at the firft putting on, but did by and b wear loofe enoagh Bacon 3. Tenfe ; tight. Of this fenfe it is doubtful whether it belongs to frait narrow ; or to fraight, not crooked clof Pul the cord fraight, may mean, draw it til it has no flexure; tie it [Erait about you may mean, draw it into a narrower com pafs. 'This ambiguity has perhaps confounded the orthography A foo a iro is out of the fire, it deadet i time after the percuffion j but ceafeth firaightwaj if the bell or ftring be touched. Bacon's Nat Hifs The fun's power being in thofe months greater it then ffraightavays hurries freams up into the a Waodward 70 STRAIN. w. a. [¢ftreindre, French. 1. To fqueeze through fomething Their aliment ought to be light; rice boiled.i Arbuthnot on Dict whey, and frained 2. To purify by filtration Earth doth not frain water fo finely as fand Bacen 3. To fqueeze in an embrace I would have ffrain'd him witha firict g:{nbrace But through my arms he flipt and vanifh I‘erde Old Evander with a clofe embrac Strain'd bis departing friend his face and tears 0'erio Diyder' i 4. To fpr lence ; l a ' f P t p r f r m The jury make n n a : { fi i ; t e . q t a an Englithma m Jrain their oaths, than to gi;::fi" Stalequ'tlfl" . A c t m o a y c d e Pru Strain their necks withfllioqkmg bafik . T put to its utmof ftrength Swi ; s : ; f t o g l r o u c i By tgis we fee ) i o t : ; e t STrRAIGHT. adv. [ frax,Danith; frack l w m perate adventure a l n v h r p Dutch.] Immediately ; dire&ly. Thi relief of their ow e t n a a fenfe is naturally derived from the ad- Too well 1 wote my humble wme'kempt je&tive, as a fraight line is the fhortef 'fi t S u _ z. g g r e b And how my rhime line between two points If the devil come and roar for them I will not fend them I will after flraight, And tell him fo Shakefpeare's Henry IV Thofe ftinks which the noftrils JSiraight abho and expel; are not the moft pernicions Eacon's Natural Hiffory With chalk T firfk defcribe a circle here Where the therial fpirits muft appear Come in, come in 5 for here they will be frait Around, around the place I fumigate Dryder m b " ] " I i n c m c Yet a o l fe e e n m Thu ' le .' ,' C . ' o o f m f And thu l p [ ' f x: cl h i o f The princely bloo m h t p a Strains his young nerve )' :r r p e f y S That a&s my words d i heigh p e o l e a h h b My earthly f d fl { d u o f n l h i Whic i b f u o l c In that celeftia ' L dm } ' l e t l c e a t As with an obje e w d n Dazzled and fpent,. f |
