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ething strange or newly happened. It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange.

A strong black chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form; negro head.

Peculiary strong and good; -- said of ale or liquor. [Old Cant] 'T will make a cup of wine taste nippitate. Chapman.

Strong liquor. [Old Cant] Beau. & Fl.

obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. -- Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. -- Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous…

A kind of strong ale. Halliwell.

A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.

A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.

A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.

can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.

the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

The strong wood or timber of the oak.

Resembling oak; strong. Bp. Hall.

some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Some strong impediment or other objecting itself. Hooker. Pallas to their eyes The mist objected, and condensed the skies. Pope.

roof. While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr.Ben Allen. Dickens. With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs. Landor.

, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty. A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a proson. Fuller.

lowing the line of father and son; collateral. His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. Baker. Oblique angle, Oblique ascension, etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc. -- Oblique arch (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequenc…

An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.

A perfume; a strong scent. [Obs.] Burton.

To displease; to make angry; to affront. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Prov. xviii. 19.