pafte. To accomplish thefe purposes, the con ftruction of our malt kilns feems very well adap ted. The kiln is the only flue of the furnace, and a copious current of air is formed through among the grains, carrying off with it the water which is evaporating by the heat. But this evaporation, being chiefly in confequence of the vapour being immediately diffolved by the paffing air, will hop as foon as the current of air ftops. This current has to make its way through moift grain, laid in a pretty thick bed and matted together. Some force, therefore, is neceffary to drive it through, This is furnished by the draught of the kiln. Subftituting a ftove, immediately applied to the mali, will not have this effect. The only way in which we think this can be done, different from the prefent, is to have a horizontal flue, as has been propofed in the fe projects, spread out at a fmall diftance below the grate on which the mait is laid, and to cover the whole with a high dome, like a gafs houfe dome. This being filled with a tall column of hot air, and having no paffage into it but through the mait, would produce the current which we want. We are convinced that this will make much lefs fuei ferve; but we are by no means certain, that the fulphureous and carbonic acid which accompanies the air in our commer kiln is not a neceffary or a useful ingredient in the procefs. It is well known that different coaks, cinders, or charcoals, impart different qualities to the maits, and are preferred each for its own purpofe.

able. It will require the careful attention of fome intelligent perion to bring all this into a proper train at firft, by finding the proper apertures of the different holes, fo as to render the heat equable through the whole fpace. But this being once afcertained the difficulty is over. The air-trunks must be very capacicus, but may be contracted towards the extremities as their lateral difcharges diminish; and the row of holes which admit the air to the cafe round the ftove must be fully able to fupply them. In this conftruction the afcenfional force is but fmall. It is only the height of a fhort column of warm air from the ground to the galleries. At fiift indeed it is great, having the unlimited height of the perpendicular trunks at X and Z; but during the ufe of the ftove it is reduced to 9 or 10 feet. It is neceffary, therefore, that the ftove be highly heated, perhaps confiderably beyond the Ruflian practice, but yet inferior to the heat of the German iron ftoves. But fil we ftrongly recommend the brick or pottery ftoves, on account of the wholefome fweetness of the air which they furnish; and we are certain that a ftove of moderate dime fiors, 8 feet long, for instance, by 8 feet high, will be fufficient for warming a church holding 1200 or 1500 people. If the love could be placed lower, which in many fituations is very practicable, its effects would be proportionally greater, becaufe ail depends on the rapidity of the current. When we are limited in height, we must extend the ftove fo much the more in length, and make the air trunks more capacious. Theft and many other circumftances of local modification must be attended to by the erector of the fove; and without the judicious attention of an intelligent artift, we may expect nothing but difappointment. It is hardly poffible to give inftructions fuited to every fituation; but a careful attention to the general principle which determines the afcenfional force will free the artist from any great risk of fatiure. We may fay the fame thing of ftoves for confervatories, hot houfes, hot walls, &c, and can hardly add any thing of confequence to what we have already faid on thefe heads in the artice PNEUMATICS, Sec. XI.

(9.) STOVE TO WARM OR DRY MALT. Very fpecious project have been frequently offered for drying malt by ftoves. Many of thefe are to be feen in the publications of the Academies of Stock olm, Upfal, Copenhagen, a d fome have been erected in this kingdom: but they have not been found to answer. We apprehend that they cannot anfwer. To dry malt, and make it fit for the ales and beers for which this and is fo famous, it is not enough that we give it a proper and equable fupply of heat.-This alone would bake it and make it fiioty, caufing the moisture to penetrate the mealy particles of the grain; and, by completely diffolving the foluble parts, would render each kernel an uniform mafs, which would dry into a finty grain, breaking ike a piece of glafs.A grain of mait is not an inert pulp. It is a SEED, in an active fate, prowing, and of an organized foructure. We wish to top it in this ftate, and kill it, not by heating it, but by abftracting its moisture. We thus leave it in its granulated or organized form, fpungy, and fit for imbibing the water in the mafh tub, without running into a

*To STOVE. v. a. [from the noun. To keep warm in a houfe artificially heated.-For Dec. Jan. and the latter part of Nov. take fuch things as are green all winter; orange trees, lemon trees, and myrtles if they be ftoved. Bacon.

(1.) STOUND. n. f. [from the verb.] 1. Sorrow; grief; mishap. Out of ufe. The Scots retain it

Begin and end the bitter haltful [tound. Spen
The fox his copefmate found,

To whom complaining his unhappy stound,
He with him far'd fome better chance to find.
Spenfer

2. Aftonishment; amazement.

Thus we food as in a ftound, And wet with tears, like dew, the ground. Gay, 3. Hour; time; feafon. Spenfer.

(2.) STOUND is retained in Scotiand only to exprefs a fudden and tharp pain, recurring at fre quent intervals. All the other fenfes above enumerated are out of ufe among the Scots as well as among the English.

(1.) To STOUND. v. n. [ftunde, I grieved, Inlandick,] 1. To be in pain or forrow. Out of ufe. 2. For ftunn'd. Spenfer.

(2.) To STOUND, in the Scottish dialect, means to give a fenfation of pain at fudden and frequent intervals. See the noun, § 2.

(1.) STOUR. n. f. [ftour, Runick, a battle; ft oran, Saxon, to disturb.] Affault; incurfion; tumut. Obfolete.

And he that harrow'd hell with heavy tour, The faulty fouls from thence brought to his heavenly bow'r. Spenfer

Love, that has fince long to thy mighty powre Per force fubdu'd my poor captived heart, And

STOUSE-HEAD, a cape of Scotland, on the E. coan of S. Ronaldfhay.

(1.)* STOUT. adj. [ftout, Dutch; Stoltz, proud G rm. Stautan, Gothick, is to strike.] 1. Strong; lufty; valiant.—

A touter champion never handled sword. ·

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(3) STOUR, in geography, a river of England, which rifes in Dorfetfhire, near Wiits; or according to Cruttwell, near Wincaunton, in Somerfetthire; and after running paft Sanminster an Blandford, falls into the English Channel at Chrift-church, in Hamphire.

(4.) STOUR, a river of England, which forms an entire boundary between Effex and Suflex; waters Clare, Sudbury, Nayland, and Manningtree; and joming the Orwell from Ipfwich, forms the fine harbour of Harwich.

(5.) STOUR, a river of Kent, which rifes in the Weald, runs paft Canterbury, and falls into the fea below Sandwich.

(6.) STOUR, a river of Staffordshire, which runs through the S. angle of that county, and falls into the Severn in Worcesterfhire.

(1.) STOURBRIDGE, a confiderable town of England in Worcestershire, with a market on Friday; feated on the Stour, over which it has a bridge, whence the name. It is famed for its glafs and iron works. It has a free fchool, with a public library; and is 22 miles N. of Worcester, and 124 NW. of London. Lon. 2.0.W. Lat. 52. 32. N. (2.) STOURBRIDGE, OF STURBICH, a field near Cambridge, noted for its famous fair kept annually on the 7th of September, and which continues for a fortnight. The commodities are, horfes, hops, iron, wool, ieather, cheese, &c. This place is alfo noted for an excellent fpecies of clay capable of refifting an intenfe heat. It is used in making pots for giafs-houtes, fire bricks, &c. and is fold at an high price. The fair is under the jurifdiction of the univerfity.

STOURE, a river of England in Worcesterfhire, which runs into the Trent, 4 miles S. of Kidderminster.

STOUR-HEAD, a cape of Denmark, on the NW. coaft of the ifle of Funen. Lon. 9. 48. E. Lat. 55. 37. N.

STOURHOLM, an island of Scotland, one of the Shetland ifles, lying on the N. fide of Main-land, and parish of North Maven.

STOURPORT, a town of England, in Worcefterthire, 4 miles S. of Kiddemniter on the Severn, where the canal joins it.

Shaki

Some captain of the land or fleet, Stout of his hands, but of a foldier's wit. Dryd. 2. Brave: bold; intrepid.-The Stout-hearted are spoiled. Pfal. Ixxvi. 5.-He loft the character of a boid, Stout, and magnanimous man. Clarendon. 3. Obftinate; pertinacious; refolute; proud.— The lords all stand

To clear their caufe, moft refolutely ftout. Dan. There virtue and fout honour pais'd the guard. Bathurst.

The Stouteft veffel to the ftorm gave way. Dryden (2.) STOUT. n.f. A cant name for troug beer.

Should but his mufe defcending drop A flice of bread and mutton chop, Or kindly, when his credit's out, Surprise him with a pint of ftout. STOUT-HEARTED, adj. [Stout and heart.] Brave;

obitinate.

Swift

Shak

Thy mother feel thy pride, than fear Thy dangerous froutnejs. (1.)STOW, John, the induftrious hiftorian, fon of Thomas Stow merchant-taylor of St Michael's, Cornhill, in London, was born about 1525. He was bred to his father's bufinefs, which in 1560 he relinquifhed, devoting himfeif entirely to the ftudy of our ancient hiftorians, chronicles, anna.s, charters, regifters, and records. Of these he made a confiderable collection, travelling for that purpole to different parts of the kingdom, and tranf cribing fuch MSS. as he could not purchafe. But this profeflion of an antiquary being attended with no prefent emolument, he was obliged for subfiftence to return to his trade. It happened, however, that his talents and necellites were made known to Dr Parker Abp. of Canterbury, who, being himself an antiquary, encouraged and enabled Mr Stow to profecute his darling ftudy. In thofe times of perfecution, though Elizabeth was then upon the throne, honeft John Stow did not efcape danger. His collection of popith records was deemed caufe of fufpicion. His younger bro›ther Thomas preferred no lefs than 140 articles against him before the ecclefiaitical commiffion; but the proof being infufficient, he was acquitted. In 1565 he first published his Summary of the Chronicles of England. About 1584 he began his Survey of London. In 1585 he was one of the two collectors for a great muster of Limetreet ward. He was principally concerned in the ad edi tion of Holimthed's chronicle, published in 1585. Mm ma

He also corrected, and twice augmented Chaucer's works, published in 1561 and in 1597. His furvey of London was first published in 1598. To thefe laborious works he would have added his large Chronicle, or History of England; but he lived only to publish an abstract of it, under the title of Flores Hiftoriaram. The folio volume, which was printed after his death, with the title of Stow's Chronicle, was taken from his papers by Edmund Howes. Having thus spent his life and fortune in these laborious purfuits, king James I. granted him, in 1603, a brief, which was renewed in 1604, authoring him to collect in churches the benefactions of his fetiow citizens. He died in April 1605, aged 85; and was buried in his parfh church of St Andrew's, Underhaft, where his widow erected a decent monument to his memory. John Stow was a most indefatigable antiquarian, a faithful hiftorian, and an honeft man.

(2.) Srow, a town of England, in Gloucester fhire, with a market on Thuif. on a high ground, with a tine air, but deficient of wood and water; 11 miles S. of Campden, 22 E. of Gloucefter, and 77 or 84 W. of London. Lon. 1. 50. W. Lat. 51. 54. N.

(3.) STOw, a fine feat of the Marq. of Buckingham, in Buckinghamthire. Here are the beft gardeus in England, adorned with bufts, ftatues, obeliks, pavilions, and temples. It is two miles from Buckingham.

(4.) Srow, a parish of Scotland, in Mid Lothian, with a fmall part of it in Selkirkshire. It is about 15 miles long and 5 broad; and contains 37,500 fquare acres, of which 3700 are under cultivation. The furface is hilly, and interfected by many rivulets, which fall into the Tweed or the Cala. The population, in 1792, was 1400; the increase 106, fince 1755. The number of fheep was computed to be 21,000; and indeed the whole diftrict is excellently adapted for pasture.

*To STOW. v. a. [stor, Sax. ftoe, old Frilick, a place; torven, Dutch, to lay up.] To lay up; to repolit in order; to lay up in the proper place.Foul thief! where haft thou flow'd my daughter? Shak.

I'th' holfters of the faddle-bow, Two aged piftols he did stow.

Some ftow their oars.

Hudibras. Dryden. -All the patriots were beheaded, fiowed in dun. geons, or condemned to work in the mines. Addijon.

The goldefs fhov'd the veffei from the flores, And flow'd within its womb the naval flores. Pope.

So grieves th' advent'rous merchant, when he

throws

fhip's hold, with regard to their figure, magnitude or folidity. In the ftowage of different articles, as ballaft, calks, cafes, bales, and boxes, there ue feveral general rule to be obferved, according to the circumstances or qualities of thofe materials. The cafks which contain any liquid are, according to the fea phrase, to be bung up and bilge free, i. e. clofely wedged up in au horizontal polition, and refting on their quarters: fo that the bilges where they are thickeft being enentirely free all round, cannot rub against each other by the motion of the veffel. Dry goods, or fuch as may be damaged by the water, are to be carefully incioted in caiks, bales, cafes, or wrappers; and wedged off from the bottom and fidesof the fhip, as well as from the bow, mafts, and pump-weil. Dus attention must likewise be had to their difpofition with regard to each other, and to the trim and centre of gravity of the fp; to that the heaviest may always be nearest the keel, and the lightest gradually above them.

* STOWE, STOE. Whether fingay or jointly, are the fame with the Saxon Stow, a place. Gibon.

STOWEY, a town of Somerfetfhire, with a market on Tuesday; 12 miles N. of Taunton, 22 W. of Wells, and 145 W. by S. of London. Lon. 3. 9. Lat. 5r. 10. N.

STOW MARKET, a large and handfome town of England, in Suffolk, situated between the branches of the rivers Gypping and Orwell. It has a large church; the tower and spire are 120 feet high. It has a great wool en manufactory; and is remarkable for having the best cherries in Engiand. It is 12 miles NW. of Ipfwick, and 75 NNE. of London. Loa. 2. 6. E. Lat. 52. 16. N.

STRABANE, a large, populous, and well built town of Ireland, in Tyrone, pleasantly seated on the Mourne, near the Foyle; 11 miles SSW. of Londonderry, 40 NW. of Armagh, and 101 NNW. of Dublin. Lon. 7. 19. W. Lat. 54. 40. N.

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(1.) * STRABISM. n. f. [strab'sme, Fr. ftrabifmus, Lat.] A fquinting; act of looking afquint. (2.) STRABISM, or Sce MEDICINE, Index. STRABISMUS, STRABO, a celebrated Greek geographer, philofopher, and historian, born at Amafia, and defcended from a family fettled at Gnoffus in Crete. He was the dife:ple of Xenarchus, a Peripatetic philofopher, and at length attached himself to the Stoics. He contracted a strict friendship with Cornelius Gallus, governor of Egypt, and travelled into feveral countries to obferve the fituation of places, and the cuftoms of nations. He flourithed under Auguftus, and died under Tiberius about A. D. 25, in a very advanced age. He compofed feveral works, all of which are loft, except his Geography in 17 books; which are justly ef teemed very precious remains of antiquity.

(1.) STRACHAN, or STRATHAEN, a parish of Scotland, in Kincardineshire, on the N. lide of the Grampians; extending about 11 miles from the top of the Cairny Mount to the banks of the Dee; and comprehending 40,230 English acres, of which not above 3000 are arable. The land that is arable les mostly on the banks of the Dee, and of the rivulets Teugh and Dye, which run into it. The population, in 1791, was 700; the de

crease

creafe 96, fince 1755. The three higheft of the Grampian hills in this parish were lately measured, and found to be the following heights above the fea-level, viz. Keeloak 1890 feet; Kloachnabane 2370; and Mount battack 3450 feet. Black ball, the feat of Francis Ruffel, Efq, is the only manfion house of note in the parish.

(2.) STRACHAN, William. See STRAHAN. STRACHUR and STRALACHLAN, two united parishes of Scotland, in Argyllshire, in the district of Cowal. They are 18 miles long, and from 3 to 6 broad; and are feated on the SW. bank of Loch Fyne, and watered by the Chur, which runs into Loch Efk in this parish, which runs by the river Eachaig into the Frith of Ciyde. The fur. face is hilly, and affords good pafture for fheep and black cattle; but there are confider ble fields of arable land on the banks of Loch Fyne; and the hills are finely covered with wood, both natural and planted, the cuttings of which amount to about 6000l. every 20th year. The hills abound with caves, obelisks, watch-towers, and <ther relics of antiquity. The population, in 1791, was 1061; the decrease 132, fince 1755: the numher of horses was 175; of theep 12,280, and black cattle rooo. Cafile Lachlan, the feat of Donald M'Lachlan, and Strachur, the feat of General Campbell, are elegant manfions.

STRADA, Famianus, a very ingenious and learned Jefuit, born at Rome in 1572, where he taught rhetoric for 15 years. He wrote feveral pieces upon the art of oratory, and published some orations with a view of illuftrating by example what he had inculcated by precept. But his Prolufiones Academice and his Hiftoria de Bello Belgico are the works which raifed his reputation, and have preferved his memory. His hiftory of the war of Flanders was published at Rome; the first decad in 1640, the fecond in 1647. He died in 1649, aged 77

* To STRADDLE. v. n. [Suppoted to come from striddle or stride.] To stand or walk with the feet removed far from each other to the right and left; to part the legs wide.-Let man furvey himfelf, divefted of artificial charms, and he will find himfelf a forked ftraddling animal, with bandy legs. Arbuthnot and Pope.

STRADELLA, a town of the new kingdom of Italy, in the department of Olona, diftrict and late territory of Pavia; with a caftle, on the Verfa, near the Po; to miles SE. of Pavia, and 47 NW. of Parma. Lon. 9. 12. E. Lat. 45. 5. N.

STRAETEN, N. Vander, a celebrated Dutch painter, born in 1680. He vifited London, and travelled through great part of Europe, being ef teemed one of the best portrait-painters of his time. But he fell a victim at last to intemper

ance.

STRAFFORD, a county of New Hampshire, bounded N. by Grafton county, E. by the ftate of Maine, S. by Rockingham, and W. by Chefhire counties. It is 68 miles long from N. to S. and 63 broad from E. to W. It is divided into 25 townships, viz. Dover, Somerfworth, Rochefter, New Durham, Middleton, Wolf borough, Maltonborough, Sandwich, Oflipee, Wakefield, Tuftenborough, Tumworth, Barnstead, Eaton, Effingham, Conway, Durham, Barrington, Mad. bury, Lee, New Durham Crove, Sandborntown,

New Hampton, Meredith, and Gilmantown. The chief mountains are Mount Major, Oflipet, ani Teneriffe. It is watered by the PISCATAQUA and Lake Winnipifirogee. The population in 1795 was 23,578 citizens, and 22 flaves. DOVER and Gilmantown are the chief towns.

STRAGARTNEY. Sze STRATHGARTNEY. *To STRAGGLE, v. a. (Of this word no e. tymology is known: it is probably a frequentative of Aray, from fravviare, Italian, of extra viam, Latin.] 1. To wander without any certain direction; to rove; to ramble.Suckling.

Iftraggle on too far.

-A wolf fpied cut a straggling kid, and pursued him. L'Etrange.-Children cannot keep their minds from straggling. Locke. 2. To wander dif perfedly. He kewife enriched poor fragling foldiers. Shak.-They found in Burford fome of the ftraggling foldiers. Clarendon.

3.

From Straggling mountaineers for publick good,

To rank in tribes.

To exuberate; to shoot too far.—

Tate

Were they content to prune the lavish vine Of Straggling branches.

Trim off the fmall fuperfluous branches that straggie too far out. Mortimer. 4. To be difperied; to be apart from any main body; to ftand fingle. Having paffed the Syrens, they became between Scylla and Charybdis, and the straggling rocks. Raleigh.

Here and there a straggling houfe. Dryden. *STRAGGLER. . . from firaggle.] 1. A wanderer; a rover; one who forfakes his company; one who rambles without any fettled direction.-The iaft fhould keep the countries from: paffage of stragglers from thofe parts, whence they ufe to come forth, and oftentimes ule to work much mischief. Spenfer.

Let's whip these stragglers o'er the feas again.

Shak.

Bottles miffing are fuppofed to be half stolen by stragglers, and the other half broken. Swift. 2. Any thing that pushes beyond the reft, or stands fingle.

Let thy hand fupply the pruning knife, And crop luxuriant Stragglers. Dryden.

His pruning hook corrects the vines, And the loofe ftragglers to their ranks confines. Pore. STRAGLASS, a diftrict of Scotland, in Invernefs-ihire.

STRAGNES, a town of Sweden, in Sudermariand; 31 miles W. of Stockholm.

STRAHAN, William, an eminent printer, born at Edinburgh, in 1715. His father, who had a fmall appointment in the cutom, gave his fon a liberal education. He was bred a printer while very young, went to follow his trade in London. Sober, diligent, and attentive, while his emoluments were feanty, he lived rather within than beyond his income; and though he married early, and without fuch a provifion as prudence might have dictated, he continued to thrive, and to better his circumstances. In 1770, he pure afed a fhare of the patent for king's printer of Mr Eyre. He now began to purchale copy rights, and gave authors more liberal prices than had been uthal.

tion; and 2 vols of his Select Difcourfes, were pub lifhed after his death for the benefit of his widow and 6 chi dren.

* To STRAIGHTEN. v. a. [from straight.] 1. To make not crooked; to make ftraight.-A crooked flick is not fraightened, except it be as far bent on the clean contrary fide. Hooker.-The only way which we have to Araighten our paths is, by following the rule of his will, whofe footfteps naturally are right. Hooker. 2. To make tenfe; to tighten.

In 1775 he was elected M. P. for Malmbury in Wiltshire, with a very illuftrious colleague, the Hon. C. J. Fox; and in the fucceeding parliament, for Wootton Baflet, in the fame county. In this itation, he was a useful member, and attended the house with a fcrupulous punctuality, His talents for bufinefs were not unnoticed by the minifter. In his political connections he was a steady fupporter of that party who were turned out of adminiftration in 1784, and loft his feat by the fubfequent_diffolution of parliament. He died on the 9th July 1785, aged 71. In his elevated fortune, none of his former acquaintance ever accufed hint of neglect. He attained profperity without envy, enjoyed wealth without pride, and difpenfed bounty without oftentation.

STRAHLSTEIN, or Arrow Stone. See Mr. NERALOGY, Part II. Chap. IV. Cl. I. Ord. 1. Gen. XXII. Sp. 3.

(1.) * STRAIGHT. adj. [ftrack, old Dutch. It is well obferved by Ainsworth, that for not crooked we ought to write Atraight, and for narrow ftrait; but for freight, which is fometimes found, there is no good authority.] 1. Not crooked; right.

The fhrine of Venus, or fraight-pight Mi

-A hunter's horn and cornet is oblique; yet they have likewife ftraight horns; which, it they be of the fame bore with the oblique, differ little in found, fave that the Araight require fomewhat a ftronger blat. Bacon.-There are many several forts of crooked lines; but there is one only which is fraight. Dryden.

The ftraight looks crooked, and the fquare grows round. Prior. -When I see a strait staff appear crooked while half under the water, the water gives me a falfe idea. Watts. 2. Narrow; clofe.-This fhould properly be ftrait, eftroit, Fr. [See STRAIT.]-Queen Elizabeth used to say of inftructions to great officers, that they were like to garments, frait at the first putting on, but did by and by wear loofe enough. Bacon. 3. Tenfe; tight. Of this fenfe it is doubtful whether it belongs to flrait, clofe, narrow; or to ftraight not crooked. Pull the cord fraight, may mean draw it till it has new flexure; tie it firait about you, may mean, draw it into a narrower compafs. This ambiguity has perhaps confounded the orthography.

(2.) STRAIGHT. adv. [ftrax, Danish; ftrack, Dutch. Immediately; directly. This fenfe is naturally derived from the adjective, as a traight line is the fhorteft line between two points.-

Shak.

If the devil come and roar for them, I will not fend them. I will after straight, And tell him fo. -Thofe flinks which the noftrils raight abhor and expel are not the mon pernicious. Bacon.-Coree in, come in; for here they will be Arait.

Dryden.

I know thy generous temper well, Fling but the appearance of dithour on it, It fraight takes fire.

(3.) STRAIGHr, John, rector of Find on, in Suffex, ftudied at Magdalen College, Oxford, of which he was fellow. He was author of feveral excellent poems, prefaived in Dodily's Collec

* STRAIGHTLY. adv. (from fraight.] 1. In a right line; not crookedly. 2. Tightly; with tenfion.

STRAIGHTNESS. n. f. [from straight.] 1. Rectitude; the contrary to crookednefs.-Some are for malts, as fir and pine, becaufe of their length and straightness. Bacon. 2. Tenfion; tightnefs.

* STRAIGHTWAY. adj. [ Araight and away. It is very often written ftraightways, and therefore is perhaps more properly written i aighstwife] Immediately; straight.-

Let me here for ay in peace remain, Or ftraight way on that last long voyage fare. Spenfer. Soon as he entered was, the door raightway Did fhut. Spenfer. Like to a fhip, that, having 'feap'd a tempel, Istraight way claim'd and boarded with a pirate. Shake -The Turks straightway breaking in upon them, made a bloody fight. Knolles.—A foon as iron is out of the fire, it deadeth ftraightways. BaconThe found of a bell is ftrong; continueth fome time after the percuffion; but ceafeth fraight aways if the bell or Aring be touched. Bacon.-The fun's power being in thofe months greater, it then straightways hurries fteams up into the atmosphere. Woodavard.

STRAIK-NAILS, n.. See next article.

STRAIKS, n. f. in the military art, are Atrong plates of iron, fix in number, fixed with large nails caled STRAIK-NAILS, on the circumference of a cannon-wheel, over the joints of the flows; both to ftrengthen the wheel, and to fave the fei lows from wearing on hard ways or streets.

(1.) * STRAIN. n.. [from the verb.] 1. An injury by too much violence.-Credit is gamed by custom, and iddom recovers a train; but broken, is never weil fer again. Temple.-In ast pain there is a de crmity by a folution of continuity, as in cutting; er a tendency to folutiony as in convultions or frains. Gretu. 2. [stenge, Saxon.] Race; generation; defcent. Spener.Thus far I can praife him; he is of a noble Jain, Of approv'd valour.

Shuk.

Twelve Trojan youths, born of their noblet firains,