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A rank; a row. [Obs.] "In two renges fair." Chaucer.

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

See Cringle.

The tenure by which a drench held land. [Obs.] Burrill.

Herring-shaped.

See Krang.

One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

To strengthen again; to fortify anew.

To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Pet. i. 2).

A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator; -- named from the inventor.

, the original compar. & superl. of Strong. [Obs.] Two of us shall strenger be than one. Chaucer.

ertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment. All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were. Chaucer. Thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty. Milton.

To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. Shak.

One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple.

That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.

Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. -- Strength"ful*ness, n. Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful. Marston.

A stronghold. [Obs.]

Destitute of strength. Boyle.

See Strengthener.

Having strength; strong. [Obs.]