Definition of strut

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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..

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Strutter :: Struthious (a.) Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe..
Struthiones :: Struthian (a.) Struthious.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Strut :: Strut (v. t.) To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity..
Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss..
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..
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
Struvite :: Strutting () a. & n. from Strut, v..
Struthio :: Struthiones (pl. ) of Struthi.
Strutting :: Strutter (n.) One who struts.
Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria)..
Strut :: Strutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stru.
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..
Struthian :: Strut (a.) Protuberant.
Prance :: Prance (v. i.) To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade..
Jetter :: Jetter (n.) One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.
Tinamides :: Tinamides (n. pl.) A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous..
Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss..
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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