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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Prance :: Prance (v. i.) To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade..
Strut :: Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
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..
Cock :: Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing..
Ungainly :: Ungainly (a.) Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
Madnep :: Madnep (n.) The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium).
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..
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..
Jetter :: Jetter (n.) One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.
Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria)..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..
Rheae :: Rheae (n. pl.) A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.
Strutting :: Strutter (n.) One who struts.
Struthious :: Struthionine (a.) Struthious.
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..
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.) In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait.
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