v. t. [ Cf. LG. strammen to strain, straiten, stretch, D. stram strained, tight, G. stramm. ] To spring or recoil with violence. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To dash down; to beat. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] Barham. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. Stramazoun. ] To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. estramaçon, It. stramazzone. ] A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. stramineus, fr. stramen straw, fr. sternere, stratum, to spread out, to strew. ]
n. [ NL.; Cf. F. stramoine. ] (Bot.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Stramonium. [ 1913 Webster ]