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Strange; foreign. [Old Eng. & Scot.] Chaucer.

A stranger. [Obs.] Spenser.

Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. [Colloq.]

in the atmosphere in time of severe cold. The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters. Kane. -- Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze. -- Jack Frost, a popular personification…

or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange.

With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.

Any strange sight. Wright.

A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.

One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.

An ornament [Obs.] L'Estrange.

In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.

air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. W. Black.

val state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.

A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.

ly. [Colloq.] Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. L' Estrange. -- To go far. (a) To go to a distance. (b) To have much weight or influence. -- To go for. (a) To go in quest of. (b) To represent; to pass for.

A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful. [Low] L'Estrange.

To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [Low] L'Estrange.

y; truly. The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all. L'Estrange. -- Good breeding, polite or polished manners, formed by education; a polite education. Distinguished by good humor and good breeding. Macaulay. -- Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap. -- Good considerat…

ice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. L'Estrange.

Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." Macaulay.