Chapter Stool—pigeon to Street-walker of S by Soule's Synonymes

2. Bind (with a strap), fasten.

3. Strop, sharpen (on a strap).

Strapping, a. (Colloq.) Large, burly, stout, tall, strong, big, lusty, stalwart.

Strata, n. pl. [L. sing. Stratum.] Layers (as of rocks), beds.

Stratagem, n. Artifice, device, manœuvre, intrigue, wile, trick, fetch, dodge, crafty device, machination, plot, plan, scheme, artful contrivance, stroke of policy, finesse, ruse.

Strategetics, n. pl. Strategy, generalship.

Strategist, n. Skilful general, adroit tactician, expert manœuvrer.

Strategy, n. Generalship, strategetics, tactics, military science.

Stratified, a. In strata, in layers.

Stratum, n. [L. pl. Strata.] Layer, bed.

Straw, n.

1. Stalk, stem or culm (of grain after being thrashed).

2. Fig, pin, button, rush, penny, farthing, snap.

Straw, v. a. See Strew.

Straw-colored, a. Yellowish, strawy, stramineous.

Strawy, a.

1. Of straw, stramineous.

2. Straw-colored, stramineous.

Stray, v. n.

1. Wander, rove, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stroll, deviate, digress, go out of the way, go astray.

2. Swerve (from rectitude), err.

Stray, n. Estray.

Stray, a. (Colloq.) Strayed, wandering, gone astray.

Strayer, n. Wanderer, rambler, rover, stroller, vagrant, straggler, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.