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of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.

A large port on each quarter of a fireship, for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker or a large modern ironclad.

sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will. Sir H. Wotton. The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke. Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmod…

In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; - - also called gate. French sash, a casement swinging on hinges; -- in distinction from a vertical sash sliding up and down.

December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.

Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. "Saturnalian amusement." Burke.

A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.

on for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets. Disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Acts xix. 9.

A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.

, as of ball, by unpracticed players. -- Scrub race, a race between scrubs, or between untrained animals or contestants.

ng to a secretary; befitting a secretary. [R.] Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training. Carlyle.

e peculiar nation to select." Milton. The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his train selects. Dryden.

Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.

Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

Servants, collectively. [Obs.] After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude. Milton.

Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.

ally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.

unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc. "Restrained by reason and severe principles." Jer. Taylor. The Latin, a most severe and compendious language. Dryden.

To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.] I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are. Shak.