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particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.

A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianists and organists, as to a legato touch.

The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.

One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. [Cant. Eng.]

To draw along; to trail; to drag. In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery. Milton.

Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing. "His uneasy station." Milton. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. Addison.

Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.

c., then adding soup stock, seasoning, vegetables, and thickening, and again boiling and straining.

general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance. I do confess the vices of my blood. Shak. Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice. Milton. When vice prevails…

Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." Prior. "A wild, speculative project." Swift. What are these So withered and so wild in their attire Shak. W…