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- Strut - v. t. - To swell; to bulge out.
- Strut - v. t. - To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
- Strut - n. - The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
- 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.
- 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.
- Strut - v. t. - To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
- Strut - a. - Protuberant.
- Struthian - a. - Struthious.
- Struthio - n. - A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
- Struthioidea - n. pl. - Same as Struthiones.
- Struthiones - pl. - of Struthio
- Struthiones - n. pl. - A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.
- 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.
- Struthionine - a. - Struthious.
- Struthious - a. - Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.
- Strutted - imp. & p. p. - of Strut
- Strutter - n. - One who struts.
- Strutting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Strut
- Strutting - - a. & n. from Strut, v.
- Ungainly - a. - Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
- Shoe - n. - An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
- Prance - v. i. - To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade.
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