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A strained or affected rolling of the eye.

Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden.

, to unfurl it. -- To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. -- To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line. -- To heave the log. (Naut.) See Log. -- To heave up anchor (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.…

To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.

Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.

Not compelled; unconstrained. [Obs.] Coles.

Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.

orget So great indignities you laid upon me Shak. A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. Hooker.

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.

The state of being strained. See Intension. [Obs.]

A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church.

paniments of interjectional speech, such as gestures, grimaces, and gesticulations, are restrained by civilization. Earle.

Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. W. H. Steward.

A noisy or unrestrained carousal or frolic; a spree. [Slang] Kipling.

urrant jelly; calf's-foot jelly. Jelly bag, a bag through which the material for jelly is strained. -- Jelly mold, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes. -- Jelly plant (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is made. J. Smith. -- Jelly powder, an expl…

ef. He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a kerchief, and so escape. Shak. Her black hair strained away To a scarlet kerchief caught beneath her chin. Mrs. Browning.

The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained. Lard oil, an illuminating and lubricating oil expressed from lard. -- Leaf lard, the internal fat of the hog, separated in leaves or masses from the kidneys, etc.; also, the same melted.

Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.] "Some large jests he will make." Shak.

tion of the will; languor; debility; weariness. The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a high pitch . . . will soon feel a lassitude. Barrow.