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## participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change
of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak. (b) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. F. A. March.
Strong conjugation (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also old, or irregular, conjugation, and distinguished from the weak, or regular, conjugation.
Strong is often used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, strong-backed, strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored, strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed, strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc.
Syn. -- Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular; forcible; cogent; valid. See Robust.
Strong"hand` (?), n. Violence; force; power.
It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand.
Sir W. Raleigh.
Strong"hold` (?), n. A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
Strong"ish, a. Somewhat strong.
Strong"ly, adv. In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.
Strong"-mind`ed (?), a. Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- Strong"-mind`ed*ness, n.
Strong"-wa`ter (?), n. 1. An acid. [Obs.]
2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
Stron"gy*lid (?), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Strongyloid.
Stron"gy*loid (?), a. [NL. Strongylus the genus (from Gr. &?; round) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. - - n. A strongyloid worm.
Stron"ti*a (?), n. [NL. strontia, fr. Strontian, in Argyleshire, Scotland, where strontianite was first found.] (Chem.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium.
Stron"ti*an (?), n. (Min.) Strontia.
Stron"ti*an*ite (?), n. (Min.) Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.
Stron"tic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium.
Stron*tit"ic (?), a. Strontic.
Stron"ti*um (?), n. [NL. See Strontia.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3.
Strook (?), obs. imp. of Strike. Dryden.
Strook, n. A stroke. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Stroot (?), v. t. [Cf. Strut, v. i.] To swell out; to strut. [Obs.] Chapman.
Strop (?), n. [See Strap.] A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.
Strop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stropped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stropping.] To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.
Strop, n. [Cf. F. estrope, étrope, fr. L. struppus. See Strop a strap.] (Naut.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
||Stro*phan"thus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a turning + &?; a flower.] ||(Bot.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly ||twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used ||medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
Stro"phe (?), n.; pl. Strophes (#). [NL., from Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to twist, to turn; perh. akin to E. strap.] In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
Stroph"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.
{ Stro"phi*o*late (?), Stro"phi*o*la`ted (?), } a. (Bot.) Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it. Gray.
Stro"phi*ole (?), n. [L. strophiolum a little chaplet, dim. of strophium a band, Gr. &?;, dim. of &?; a twisted band: cf. F. strophiole.] (Bot.) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.
||Stroph"u*lus (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) See Red-gum, 1.
Stroud (?), n. A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians.
Stroud"ing, n. Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians.
Strout (?), v. i. [See Strut.] To swell; to puff out; to project. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Strout, v. t. To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. [Obs.] Bacon.
Strove (?), imp. of Strive.
Strow (?), v. t. [imp. Strowed (?); p. p. Strown (?) or Strowed.] Same as Strew.
Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa.
Milton.
A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished.
M. Arnold.
Strowl (?), v. i. To stroll. [Obs.]
Strown (?), p. p. of Strow.
Stroy (?), v. i. To destroy. [Obs.] Tusser.
Struck (?), imp. & p. p. of Strike.
Struck jury (Law), a special jury, composed of persons having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for each party, leaving the number required by law to try the cause.
Struck"en (?), obs. p. p. of Strike. Shak.
Struc"tur*al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.
Structural formula. (Chem.) See Rational formula, under Formula.
Struc"ture (?), n. [L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. Construe, Destroy, Instrument, Obstruct.] 1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction. [R.]
His son builds on, and never is content Till the last farthing is in structure spent.
J. Dryden, Jr.
2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.
Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe.
Woodward.
3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure.
Dana.
4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.
5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
There stands a structure of majestic frame.
Pope.
Columnar structure. See under Columnar.
Struc"tured (?), a. (Biol.) Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.
The passage from a structureless state to a structured state is itself a vital process.
H. Spencer.
Struc"ture*less (?), a. Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane.
Struc"tur*ist (?), n. One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor. [R.]
Strude (?), n. A stock of breeding mares. [Written also strode.] [Obs.] Bailey.
Strug"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Struggling (?).] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj&?;ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.] 1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity.
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract.
Lincoln.
3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.
'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
Strug"gle (?), n. 1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. Macaulay.
3. Contest; contention; strife.
An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference.
Addison.
Syn. -- Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.
Strug"gler (?), n. One who struggles.
Strull (?), n. A bar so placed as to resist weight.
Strum (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Strummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Strumming.] [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Thrum.] To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.
||Stru"ma (?), n. [L., a scrofulous tumor.] 1. (Med.) Scrofula.
2. (Bot.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.
Stru*mat"ic (?), a. Scrofulous; strumous.
Stru*mose" (?), a. [L. strumosus: cf. F. strumeux.] 1. (Med.) Strumous.
2. (Bot.) Having a struma.
Stru"mous (?), a. (Med.) Scrofulous; having struma.
Stru"mous*ness, n. The state of being strumous.
Strum"pet (?), n. [OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch, stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir. striopach a prostitute.] A prostitute; a harlot. Shak.
Strum"pet, a. Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
Out on thy more than strumpet impudence.
B. Jonson.
Strum"pet, v. t. 1. To debauch. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander.
With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.
Massinger.
Strum"strum (?), n. A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern. [R.] Dampier.
Strung (?), imp. & p. p. of String.
Strunt (?), n. Spirituous liquor. [Scot.] Burns.
Strun"tian (?), n. A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Struse (?), n. [Russ. strug'.] (Naut.) A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.
Strut (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strutted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Strutting.] [OE. struten, strouten, to swell; akin to G. strozen to be swelled, to be puffed up, to strut, Dan. strutte.] 1. To swell; to bulge out. [R.]
The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
Dryden.
2. To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait?
Shak.
Strut, n. [For senses 2 & 3 cf. LG. strutt rigid.] 1. The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
2. (Arch.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.
3. (Engin.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
Strut, v. t. To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
Strut, a. Protuberant. [Obs.] Holland.
Stru"thi*an (?), a. (Zoöl.) Struthious.
||Stru"thi*o (?), n.; pl. Struthiones (#). [L., an ostrich, fr. Gr. ||&?;.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
||Stru`thi*oi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Struthio, and -oid.] (Zoöl.) ||Same as Struthiones.
||Stru`thi*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL. See Struthio.] (Zoöl.) (a) A ||division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches. ||(b) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ||ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of ||flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitæ, or Dromæognathæ.
Stru`thi*o"nine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Struthious.
Stru"thi*ous (?), a. [L. struthius, strutheus.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.
Strut"ter (?), n. One who struts.
Strut"ting, a. & n. from Strut, v. -- Strut"ting*ly, adv.
Struv"ite (?), n. [After the Russian minister Von Struve.] (Min.) A crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of magnesia and ammonia.
Strych"ni*a (?), n. [NL. See Strychnine.] (Chem.) Strychnine.
Strych"nic (?), a. Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning; specifically (Chem.), used to designate an acid, called also igasuric acid.
Strych"nine (?), n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade, Gr. &?;: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceæ, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.
||Strych"nos (?), n. [L., a kind of nightshade, Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) A ||genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceæ. See Nux ||vomica.
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Stryph"nic (?), a. [Gr. &?; astringent.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste.
Stub (?), n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. &?;.] 1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Stubs sharp and hideous to behold.
Chaucer.
And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
Dryden.
2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] Milton.
3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.
5. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
Stub end (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened. -- Stub iron, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels. -- Stub mortise (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed. -- Stub nail, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail. -- Stub short, or Stub shot (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off. -- Stub twist, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.
Stub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stubbing.] 1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land.
Berkley.
2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [U. S.]
Stub"bed (?), a. 1. Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
2. Abounding in stubs; stubby.
A bit of stubbed ground, once a wood.
R. Browning.
3. Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged. "Stubbed, vulgar constitutions." Berkley.
Stub"bed*ness, n. The quality or state of being stubbed.
Stub"bi*ness (?), n. The state of being stubby.
Stub"ble (?), n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.] The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. "After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble." Mortimer.
Stubble goose (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. -- Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.
Stub"bled (?), a. 1. Covered with stubble.
A crow was strutting o'er the stubbled plain.
Gay.
2. Stubbed; as, stubbled legs. [Obs.] Skelton.
Stub"bly, a. Covered with stubble; stubbled.
Stub"born (?), a. [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See Stub.] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. "Bow, stubborn knees." Shak. "Stubborn attention and more than common application." Locke. "Stubborn Stoics." Swift.
And I was young and full of ragerie [wantonness] Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie.
Chaucer.
These heretics be so stiff and stubborn.
Sir T. More.
Your stubborn usage of the pope.
Shak.
Syn. -- Obstinate; inflexible; obdurate; headstrong; stiff; hardy; firm; refractory; intractable; rugged; contumacious; heady. -- Stubborn, Obstinate. Obstinate is used of either active or passive persistence in one's views or conduct, in spite of the wishes of others. Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy. -- Stub"born*ly, adv. -- Stub"born*ness, n.
Stub"by (?), a. 1. Abounding with stubs.
2. Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles.
Stuc"co (?), n.; pl. Stuccoes (#), Stuccos. [It., fr. OHG. stucchi a crust, piece, G. stück piece; akin to AS. stycce. See Stock.] 1. Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work.
2. Work made of stucco; stuccowork.
Stuc"co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuccoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stuccoing (?).] To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.
Stuc"co*er (?), n. One who stuccoes.
Stuc"co*work` (?), n. Work done in stucco.
Stuck (?), imp. & p. p. of Stick.
Stuck, n. [Cf. 1st Stoccado.] A thrust. [Obs.] Shak.
Stuc"kle (?), n. [From Stook.] A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
Stuck"-up` (?), a. Self-important and supercilious, &?;onceited; vain; arrogant. [Colloq.]
The airs of small, stuck-up, men.
A. K. H. Boyd.
Stud (?), n. [OE. stod, stood, AS. std; akin to OHG. stuota, G. stute a mare, Icel. st&?; stud, Lith. stodas a herd, Russ. stado, and to E. stand. The sense is properly, a stand, an establishment. √163. See Stand, and cf. Steed.] A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.
In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size.
Sir W. Temple.
He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories.
Macaulay.
Stud (?), n. [AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. stöd a prop, Icel. sto&?; a post, sty&?;ja to prop, and probably ultimately to E. stand; cf. D. stut a prop, G. stütze. See Stand.] 1. A stem; a trunk. [Obs.]
Seest not this same hawthorn stud?
Spenser.
2. (Arch.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
3. A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs.
Marlowe.
Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems And studs of pearl.
Milton.
4. An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
5. (Mach.) (a) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal. (b) A stud bolt.
6. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
Stud bolt, a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut upon the other; -- called also standing bolt.
Stud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Studded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Studding.] 1. To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
Thy horses shall be trapped, Their harness studded all with gold and pearl.
Shak.
2. To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial, neat, and commodious dwellings of freemen.
Bp. Hobart.
Stud"book` (?), n. A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
Stud"der*y (?), n. A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud. [Obs.]
King Henry the Eighth erected a noble studdery.
Holinshed.
Stud"ding (?), n. Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.
Stud"ding sail` (?). (Naut.) A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. Toten.
Stu"dent (?), n. [L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See Study, n.] 1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student.
Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book.
Shak.
2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.
Stu"dent*ry (?), n. A body of students. [R.]
Stu"dent*ship, n. The state of being a student.
Stud"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, as F. catenatus.
Stud"-horse` (?), n. [AS. std- hors.] A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding.
Stud"ied, a. 1. Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.
2. Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry.
I shrewdly suspect that he is little studied of a theory of moral proportions.
Burke.
3. Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult. "Studied magnificence." Hawthorne.
4. Intent; inclined. [Obs.] Shak.
Stud"ied*ly (?), adv. In a studied manner.
Stud"i*er (?), n. A student. [R.] W. Irving.
Lipsius was a great studier of the stoical philosophy.
Tillotson.
Stu"di*o (?), n.; pl. Studios (#). [It. studio, properly, study. See Study.] The working room of an artist.
Stu"di*ous (?), a. [L. studious: cf. F. studieux. See Study.] 1. Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.
2. Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative. Locke.
3. Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; -- usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.
You that are so studious Of my affairs, wholly neglect your own.
Massinger.
4. Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
For the frigid villainy of studious lewdness, . . . with apology can be invented?
Rambler.
5. Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade. [Poetic]
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale.
Milton.