stirp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stirp
1495–1505; < Latin stirp- , stem of stirps stirps
Example Sentences
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Galton supposes the sexual elements in the offspring to be directly formed from the residue of the stirp not used up in the development of the body of the parent—Weismann's "continuity of the germ-plasm."
From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel
The northern stirp beneath the southern skies— I build a Nation for an Empire’s need, Suffer a little, and my land shall rise, Queen over lands indeed!
From A Song of the English by Kipling, Rudyard
Having thus touched, and now leaving her stirp, I come to her person, and how she came to the crown by the decease of her brother and sister.
From Travels in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and Fragmenta regalia; or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favourites by Naunton, Robert, Sir
The northern stirp beneath the southern skies— I build a nation for an Empire's need, Suffer a little, and my land shall rise, Queen over lands indeed!
From The Seven Seas by Kipling, Rudyard
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