Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Strúg-gere, v. a. (pass. strus-si, Strúg-se, Strúg-sero, 2nd pres. strugga, part. strutto,)
1. to melt, dissolve,2. to destroy, waste, devour; v. n. to consume, waste away, to pine away. Mi struggo di sete, I am almost choked with thirst, I am very dry; s. m. Strúg-gitóre, f. Strúg-gitríce; adj.Strúg-génte .
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
struggere: to destroy, to ruine, to consume. Also to meltor thaw. Also to weare away and faint. Also to array, to build, to compact, to frame or set in order.