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A small beetle of the family Halticidæ, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea- beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.

and quick in going from place to place; nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. Milton.

ide, consisting essentially of a solution of boron fluoride, in hydrofluoric acid. It has strong acid properties, and is the type of the borofluorides. Called also borofluoric acid.

A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepar…

Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles. My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee. Addison.

The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak.

Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. Bacon. But I have reasons strong and forcible. Shak. That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. Hooker. He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. Lowth (Transl. )

To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project. He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds. Dan. xi. 24.

A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. Farrow.…

The strong point; that in which one excels. fort"a The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical writers. Jeffrey.

ace; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty. Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. Gal. ii. 10. Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. Shak.

Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.

A strong or sweet scent. [Obs. & Illegitimate.] Sir T. Herbert.

Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women. Man is frail, and prone to evil. Jer. Taylor.

r build of a person. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak. No frames could be strong enough to endure it. Prescott.

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce. [Obs.] King.