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A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.
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A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament.
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A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.
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A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building. Oxf. Gloss.
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A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.
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A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
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A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.
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A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.
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