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Traditional English :: strict
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stricture.html - adj. 1 precisely limited or defined; without exception or deviation ( lives in strict seclusion). 2 requiring complete compliance or exact performance; enforced rigidly (gave strict orders). strictness n. [L strictus past part. of stringere tighten] |
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Traditional English :: strictly
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stricture.html - adv. 1 in a strict manner. 2 (also strictly speaking) applying words in their strict sense (he is, strictly, an absconder). 3 esp. US colloq. definitely. |
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Traditional English :: stricture
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stricture.html - n. 1 (usu. in pl.; often foll. by on, upon) a critical or censorious remark. 2 Med. a morbid narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. strictured adj. [ME f. L strictura (as STRICT)] |
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Traditional English :: stricken
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stricture.html - adj. 1 affected or overcome with illness or misfortune etc. (stricken with measles; grief-stricken). 2 levelled with a strickle. 3 (often foll. by from etc.) US Law deleted. stricken in years archaic enfeebled by age. [archaic past part. of STRIKE] |
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Traditional English :: strickle
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stricture.html - n.
1 a rod used in strike-measure.
2 a whetting tool. [OE stricel, rel. to STRIKE] |
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Traditional English :: strict
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stricture.html - adj. 1 precisely limited or defined; without exception or deviation ( lives in strict seclusion). 2 requiring complete compliance or exact performance; enforced rigidly (gave strict orders). strictness n. [L strictus past part. of stringere tighten] |
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