Vocabulary : Strangulated to Strapper

Strangulated : Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. ;; Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
Strangulation : The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled. ;; Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
Strangurious : Of or pertaining to strangury.
Strangury : A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction. ;; A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.
Strany : The guillemot.

Strap : A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. ;; Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap. ;; A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop. ;; A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. ;; A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. ;; A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything. ;; The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy. ;; The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses. ;; A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder. ;; To beat or chastise with a strap. ;; To fasten or bind with a strap. ;; To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
Strappado : A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. ;; To punish or torture by the strappado.
Strappadoes : of Strappado
Strapped : of Strap
Strapper : One who uses strap. ;; A person or thing of uncommon size.

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