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Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

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

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

Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..

Madnep :: Madnep (n.) The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium).

Struthiones :: Struthiones (n. pl.) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches..

Struthious :: Struthionine (a.) Struthious.

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..

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

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..

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

Strutting :: Strutter (n.) One who struts.

Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria)..

Soaproot :: Soaproot (n.) A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.

Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..

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..

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

Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..

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..

Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait.

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