strip

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1. 1.Opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed without imminent risk of being stripped of his gown. Macaulay.
2. 2.To divest of clothing; to uncover. Before the folk herself strippeth she. Chaucer. Strip your sword stark naked. Shak.
3. 3.(Naut.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.
4. 4.(Agric.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.] When first they stripped the Malean promontory. Chapman. Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then the other stripped him. Beau. & Fl.
7. 7.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 strip bad habits from a corrupted heart, is stripping off the skin. Gilpin.
8. 8.(Mach.) (a) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped. (b) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped.
9. 9.To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
10. 10.(Carding) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
11. 11.To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
12. 12.To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.
13. 13.(Mach.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8.
14. 14.A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.
15. 15.(Mining) A trough for washing ore.
16. 16.(Gunnery) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. Farrow.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is strip.

• What is opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed without imminent risk of being stripped of his gown. Macaulay called?
• What is to divest of clothing; to uncover. Before the folk herself strippeth she. Chaucer. Strip your sword stark naked. Shak called?
• What is to dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc called?
• What is to pare off the surface of, as land, in strips called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.] When first they stripped the Malean promontory. Chapman. Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then the other stripped him. Beau. & Fl called?
• What is (a) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped. (b) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped called?
• What is to remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action called?
• What is to remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged called?
• What is to pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves) called?
• What is to take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress called?
• What is to fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8 called?
• What is a narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land called?
• What is the issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. Farrow called?