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STRIP, v.t. [G., to strip, to flay, to stripe or streak, to graze upon, to swerve, ramble or stroll. L.] 1. To pull or tear off, as a covering; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a mans back.2. To deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark; to strip a man of his clothes.3. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; as, to strip a man of his possessions.4. To divest; as, to strip one of his rights and privileges. Let us strip this subject of all its adventitious glare.5. To rob; to plunder; as, robbers strip a house.6. To bereave; to deprive; to impoverish; as a man stripped of his fortune.7. To deprive; to make bare by cutting, grazing or other means; as cattle strip the ground of its herbage.8. To pull off husks; to husk; as, to strip maiz, or the ears of maiz.9. To press out the last milk at a milking.10. To unrig; as, to strip a ship.11. To pare off the surface of land in strips, and turn over the strips upon the adjoining surface.To strip off, 1. To pull or take off; as, to strip off a covering; to strip off a mask or disguise.2. To cast off. [Not in use.]3. To separate from something connected. [Not in use.] [We may observe the primary sense of this word is to peel or skin, hence to pull off in a long narrow piece; hence stripe.]STRIP, n. [G., a stripe, a streak.] 1. A narrow piece, comparatively long; as a strip of cloth.2. Waste, in a legal sense; destruction of fences, buildings, timber, &c.
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STRIP, v.t. [G., to strip, to flay, to stripe or streak, to graze upon, to swerve, ramble or stroll. L.] 1. To pull or tear off, as a covering; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a mans back.2. To deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark; to strip a man of his clothes.3. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; as, to strip a man of his possessions.4. To divest; as, to strip one of his rights and privileges. Let us strip this subject of all its adventitious glare.5. To rob; to plunder; as, robbers strip a house.6. To bereave; to deprive; to impoverish; as a man stripped of his fortune.7. To deprive; to make bare by cutting, grazing or other means; as cattle strip the ground of its herbage.8. To pull off husks; to husk; as, to strip maiz, or the ears of maiz.9. To press out the last milk at a milking.10. To unrig; as, to strip a ship.11. To pare off the surface of land in strips, and turn over the strips upon the adjoining surface.To strip off, 1. To pull or take off; as, to strip off a covering; to strip off a mask or disguise.2. To cast off. [Not in use.]3. To separate from something connected. [Not in use.] [We may observe the primary sense of this word is to peel or skin, hence to pull off in a long narrow piece; hence stripe.]STRIP, n. [G., a stripe, a streak.] 1. A narrow piece, comparatively long; as a strip of cloth.2. Waste, in a legal sense; destruction of fences, buildings, timber, &c. | STRIP, n. [G. streif, a stripe, a streak; D. streep, a stroke, a line, a stripe; Dan. stribe.]- A narrow piece, comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth.
- Waste, in a legal sense; destruction of fences, buildings, timber, &c. [Norm. estrippe.] – Massachusetts.
STRIP, v.t. [G. streifen, to strip, to flay, to stripe or streak, to graze upon, to swerve, ramble or stroll; D. streepen, to stripe, to reprimand; Dan. striber, to stripe or streak, and stripper, to strip, to skin or flay, to ramble; Sax. bestrypan. Some of the senses of these verbs seem to be derived from the noun stripe, which is probably from stripping. Regularly, this verb should be referred to the root of rip, L. rapio.]- To pull or tear off, as, a covering; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back.
- To deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark; to strip a man of his clothes.
- To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; as, to strip a man of his possessions.
- To divest; as, to strip one of his rights and privileges. Let us strip this subject of all its adventitious glare.
- To rob; to plunder; as, robbers strip a house.
- To bereave; to deprive; to impoverish; as, a man stripped of his fortune.
- To deprive; to make bare by cutting, grazing or other means; as, cattle strip the ground of its herbage.
- To pull off husks; to husk; as, to strip maiz, or the ears of maiz. – America.
- To press out the last milk at a milking.
- To unrig; as, to strip a ship. – Locke.
- To pare off the surface of land in strips, and turn over the strips upon the adjoining surface.
To strip off, to pull or take off; as, to strip off a covering; to strip off a mask or disguise.
#2. To cast off. [Not in use.] – Shak.
#3. To separate from something connected. [Not in use.]
[We may observe the primary sense of this word is to peel or skin, hence to pull off in a long narrow piece; hence stripe.]
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- To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to
plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as,
to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges,
his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a
beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.
- To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to
undress.
- A
narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth;
a strip of land.
- To divest of clothing; to
uncover.
- To fail in the thread; to
lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip,
v. t., 8.
- A trough for washing
ore.
- To dismantle; as, to
strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.
- The issuing of a
projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral
motion.
- To pare off the surface of,
as land, in strips.
- To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to
draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of
the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a
cow.
- To pass; to get clear of; to
outstrip.
- To pull or tear off, as a covering] to
remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to
strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a
man's back; to strip away all disguisses.
- To tear
off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is
stripped.
- To remove the metal coating from (a plated
article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
- To remove fiber, flock,
or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly
clogged.
- To pick the cured leaves from the stalks
of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from
(tobacco leaves).
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Strip STRIP, verb transitive [G., to strip to flay, to stripe or streak, to graze upon, to swerve, ramble or stroll. Latin ] 1. To pull or tear off, as a covering; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a mans back. 2. To deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark; to strip a man of his clothes. 3. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; as, to strip a man of his possessions. 4. To divest; as, to strip one of his rights and privileges. Let us strip this subject of all its adventitious glare. 5. To rob; to plunder; as, robbers strip a house. 6. To bereave; to deprive; to impoverish; as a man stripped of his fortune. 7. To deprive; to make bare by cutting, grazing or other means; as cattle strip the ground of its herbage. 8. To pull off husks; to husk; as, to strip maiz, or the ears of maiz. 9. To press out the last milk at a milking. 10. To unrig; as, to strip a ship. 11. To pare off the surface of land in strips, and turn over the strips upon the adjoining surface. To strip off, 1. To pull or take off; as, to strip off a covering; to strip off a mask or disguise. 2. To cast off. [Not in use.] 3. To separate from something connected. [Not in use.] [We may observe the primary sense of this word is to peel or skin, hence to pull off in a long narrow piece; hence stripe.] STRIP, noun [G., a stripe, a streak.] 1. A narrow piece, comparatively long; as a strip of cloth. 2. Waste, in a legal sense; destruction of fences, buildings, timber, etc.
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