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Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

Latticing :: Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut..

Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing..

Butting Joint :: Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint..

Ungainly :: Ungainly (a.) Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut..

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes..

Struvite :: Strutting () a. & n. from Strut, v..

Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.

King-post :: King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post..

Strut :: Strut (v. t.) To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity..

Struthioidea :: Struthio (n.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.

Strut :: Strut (n.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof..

Struthious :: Struthionine (a.) Struthious.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..

Struthian :: Strut (a.) Protuberant.

Rheae :: Rheae (n. pl.) A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.

Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..

Saponin :: Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type..

Member :: Member (n.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss..

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