Definition of strain

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Strain (n.) Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Pinion :: Pinion (v. t.) To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body..
Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive..
Liberal :: Liberal (a.) Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.
Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction..
Morendo :: Morendo (a. & n.) Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.
Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor..
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare..
Restrained :: Restrained (imp. & p. p.) of Restrai.
Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
Distringas :: Distringas (n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him..
Slack :: Slack (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail..
Manacle :: Manacle (v. t.) To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers..
Unyoked :: Unyoked (a.) Licentious; unrestrained.
Fast :: Fast (v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver..
Elegiac :: Elegiac (a.) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains..
Upseek :: Upseek (v. i.) To seek or strain upward.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..
Extravagant :: Extravagant (a.) Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse..
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