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Definition of Sturt
1. v. t. To vex; to annoy; to startle.
2. n. Disturbance; annoyance; care.
Definition of Sturt
1. Noun. (biology) In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete UK Scotland dialect) disturbance; annoyance; care ¹
3. Noun. (mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sturt
1. contention [n -S] - See also: contention
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sturt
Literary usage of Sturt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"A, sturt, on the 6th of May 1800, obtained an order that a commission of ...
M., WD &c. who entered upon the estates devised to C. sturt for his life, ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"Between November 1828 and April 1829, in command of a government party of eight
men, and accompanied by Alexander Hamilton Hume [qv], sturt thoroughly ..."
3. South Australia: Its History, Resources, and Productions by William Harcus (1876)
"We owe its discovery to Captain sturt, one of the bravest and most successful
... The following year Captain sturt was dispatched to follow up the discovery ..."
4. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1896)
"sturt; sturt v. Blagg. — Bule. of particulars of any charge not set forth with
... sturt. (QB 1846.) sturt v. BLAGG. (EX. CH. IN ERROR. 1847.) RULE. ..."
5. Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: Accompanied by Paul Edmund de Strzelecki (1845)
"From this junction it took Captain sturt nineteen days to reach Lake Alexandrine and
... The two expeditions of Captain sturt thus achieved the important ..."
6. Port Phillip Settlement by James Bonwick (1883)
"CHAPTER V. CAPTAIN sturt OX THE MURRAY. WHILE the expedition of Messrs. ...
Starting from Sydney in the middle of December, 1829, Mr. Charles sturt, ..."
7. The Exploration of Australia by Albert Frederick Calvert (1901)
"Two Important Expeditions, conducted by Captain Charles sturt. HE drought of 1812
had forced the settlers into such a state of activity, that the Blue ..."
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