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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Tinamides :: Tinamides (n. pl.) A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous..
Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing..
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..
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..
Rheae :: Rheae (n. pl.) A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.
Strutter :: Struthious (a.) Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe..
Strut :: Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
Struthioidea :: Struthio (n.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
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..
Struthiones :: Struthiones (n. pl.) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches..
Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut..
Struvite :: Strutting () a. & n. from Strut, v..
Jetter :: Jetter (n.) One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.
Panel :: Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss..
Strut :: Strut (v. t.) To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity..
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
Ungainly :: Ungainly (a.) Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking..
Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..
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..
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..
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