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Antistrumatic
Antistrumatic An`ti*stru"mat"ic, a. (Med.) Antistrumous. -- n. A medicine for scrofula.
Antistrumous
Antistrumous An`ti*stru"mous, a. (Med.) Good against scrofulous disorders. --Johnson. Wiseman.
Calamistrum
Calamistrum Cal`a*mis"trum, n. [L., a curling iron.] (Zo["o]l.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonid[ae]), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.
Raphanus raphanistrum
Raphany Raph"a*ny, n. [Cf. F. raphanie.] (Med.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.
Sistrum
Sistrum Sis"trum, [L., fr. Gr. ???, from ??? to shake.] (Mus.) An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.

Meaning of ISTRUM from wikipedia

- The Danube (/ˈdæn.juːb/ DAN-yoob; see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and...
- Nicopolis ad Istrum (Gr****: Νικόπολις ἡ πρὸς Ἴστρον) or Nicopolis ad Iatrum was a Roman and Early Byzantine town. Its ruins are located at the village...
- The Battle of Nicopolis ad Istrum was fought between the Roman army of Emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus, and the Gothic army of King Cniva...
- migrate with his flock of converts to Moesia, and settle near Nicopolis ad Istrum (Bulgaria). In Persia, women are enrolled in the army to perform auxiliary...
- troops, led by Decius. They ambushed Cniva at the Battle of Nicopolis ad Istrum in 250, routing him, before being ambushed and routed themselves at the...
- their allies were repulsed after two battles in Moesia, at Nicopolis ad Istrum and Adamclisi. Trajan's army then advanced further into Dacian territory...
- army under Trajan had been am****ed near the later city of Nicopolis ad Istrum at the junction of the Iatrus (Yantra) and the Rositsa rivers in readiness...
- Novae (near Svishtov, the chief seat of Theodoric the Great), Nicopolis ad Istrum (Nikup; really near the river Yantra), Marcianopolis (Devnya), Tyras...
- invasion of Cniva (250–251) Carpi invasion of Dacia (250) Nicopolis ad Istrum (250) Beroe (250) Philippopolis (250) Usurpation of Julius Priscus (251)...
- from the root of the old Thracian name of the lower part of the Danube "Istrum". Silistra is in the northeastern part of Bulgaria on the southern bank...