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from Strut, v. -- Strut"ting*ly, adv.

Slightly woody at the base.

Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.

Suffruticose.

The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

n example, mood, object of imitation, or the like. Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork. Mortimer.

One who loves the truth. Truth-lover was our English Duke. Tennyson.

One who tells the truth. Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named. Tennyson.

Full of truth; veracious; reliable. -- Truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Truth"ful*ness, n.

Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless. -- Truth"less*ness, n.

Truth. [Obs. & R.] Marston.

Truthful; likely; probable. [R.] "A more truthy import." W. G. Palgrave.

The act of weighing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the truttaceous kind.

A confection of different kinds of preserved fruits. -- a.

Inscrutable. [R.]

The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. Chaucer.

Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. -- Un*truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*truth"ful*ness, n.

State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form.

The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. "The aberration of youth." Hall. "Aberrations from theory." Burke.