Definition of strip

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Strip (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged..

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Lath :: Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used..
Strap :: Strap (n.) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass..
String :: String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together..
Striped :: Stripe (v. t.) To strike; to lash.
Slug :: Slug (n.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc..
Tracker :: Tracker (n.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling..
Xylophone :: Xylophone (n.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle..
Ruler :: Ruler (n.) A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a)..
Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..
Apron :: Apron (n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
Flay :: Flay (v. t.) To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth..
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
Ungown :: Ungown (v. t.) To strip of a gown; to unfrock.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber..
Plunder :: Plunder (v. t.) To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers..
Calamander Wood :: Calamander wood () A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quaesita. Called also Coromandel wood..
Depilate :: Depilate (v. t.) To strip of hair; to husk.
Unstriated :: Unstriated (a.) Nonstriated; unstriped.
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