Associations to the word «Sturt»

Wiktionary

STURT, 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.
STURT, noun. (obsolete) (UK) (Scotland) (dialect) disturbance; annoyance; care
STURT, noun. (mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.
STURT, verb. (obsolete) (UK) (Scotland) (dialect) To vex; to annoy; to startle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats