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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope