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- English Word Strap Definition A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- English Word Strap Definition The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- English Word Strap Definition The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- English Word Strap Definition A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.
- English Word Strap Definition To beat or chastise with a strap.
- English Word Strap Definition To fasten or bind with a strap.
- English Word Strap Definition To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
- English Word Strap-shaped Definition Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
- English Word Strappado Definition A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated.
- English Word Strappado Definition To punish or torture by the strappado.
- English Word Strappadoes Definition of Strappado
- English Word Strapped Definition of Strap
- English Word Strapper Definition One who uses strap.
- English Word Strapper Definition A person or thing of uncommon size.
- English Word Strapping Definition of Strap
- English Word Strapping Definition Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow.
- English Word Strapple Definition To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle.
- English Word Strapwork Definition A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.
- English Word Strass Definition A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.
- English Word Strata Definition pl. of Stratum.