Definition of strut

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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..

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Panel :: Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss..
Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing..
Strutting :: Strutted (imp. & p. p.) of Stru.
Struthious :: Struthionine (a.) Struthious.
Strutter :: Struthious (a.) Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe..
Struthiones :: Struthian (a.) Struthious.
Strut :: Strut (n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Struthionine :: Struthiones (n. pl.) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae..
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..
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..
Struthiones :: Struthiones (n. pl.) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches..
Struthioidea :: Struthio (n.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
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..
Struthio :: Struthiones (pl. ) of Struthi.
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
Strutting :: Strutter (n.) One who struts.
Strut :: Strutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stru.
Struthiones :: Struthioidea (n. pl.) Same as Struthiones.
Ungainly :: Ungainly (a.) Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking..
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