Definition of strip

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Strip (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc..

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Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..
Insole :: Insole (n.) The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease..
Bengal :: Bengal (n.) Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes..
Batten :: Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc..
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..
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like..
Unmask :: Unmask (v. t.) To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.
Plaid :: Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin..
Virgated :: Virgated (a.) Striped; streaked.
Band :: Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Distance :: Distance (v. t.) To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly..
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Whistlewood :: Whistlewood (n.) The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple..
Strisores :: Stripping (n.) The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
Lad :: Lad (n.) A boy; a youth; a stripling.
List :: List (v. t.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board..
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
Disapparel :: Disapparel (v. t.) To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked.
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