STRAINS

Treasure.

The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.

Race; lineage, pedigree.

The act of straining, or the state of being strained.

A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.

"he jumped up with a strain;   the strain upon the sailboat's rigging"

An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

To hold tightly, to clasp.

To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

"Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues."

To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

"The gale strained the timbers of the ship."

To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.

"A man straineth, liveth, then dieth."