What is to make violent efforts. "Straining with too weak a wing." Pope. To build his fortune I will strain a little. Shak called?
strain — To make violent efforts. "Straining with too weak a wing." Pope. To build his fortune I will strain a little. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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