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Webster 1913 Edition


Strich

Strich

,
Noun.
[Cf. L.
strix
,
strigs
, a streech owl.]
(Zool.)
An owl.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

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Strich

Strich

See also: strich

German

Noun

Strich m (genitive Strichs or Striches, plural Striche, diminutive Strichelchen n or Strichlein n)

  1. stroke
  2. line
  3. the direction to which hairs, or similar things, are inclined
    Katzen muss man mit dem Strich streicheln.
    Cats must be stroked with the fur.
  4. (informal) streetwalkers' district
  5. (informal) prostitution; chiefly as a milieu

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strich

strich

See also: Strich

English

Noun

strich (plural striches)

  1. (obsolete) An owl.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)


German

Verb

strich

  1. First-person singular preterite of streichen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of streichen.