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STRAY. _On stray, adv._ Astray.
_Gawan and Gol._
STRAICT, STRAYTE, _s._ A narrow pa.s.s.
_Wyntown._
STRAIGHT, _s._ A straight line, S.
_Law Case._
_To_ STRAIK, STRAYK, _v. a._
1. To stroke, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _strac-an_, Germ. _streich-en_, molliter fricare.
2. To anoint with any unctuous substance, S.
_To straik bread_, to put b.u.t.ter on it.
3. Applied to the measurement of grain, S.
~Straik~, _s._
1. The act of stroking, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. The act of anointing, S.
STRAIK, STRAKE, _s._
1. A blow, S.
_Douglas._
Germ. _streich_, Sw. _streek_, ictus.
2. Metaph., remorse.
_R. Bruce._
3. Engagement in the field of battle.
_Wallace._
4. Coinage.
_Acts Ja. II._
STRAIK, _s._
1. _Upo' straik_, in a state of activity, S. B.
2. An extent of country, S. B.
3. Ground travelled over, S. B.
Belg. _streek_, Germ. _strecke_, a tract.
STRAIK, _pret. v._ Struck.
_Gawan and Gol._
STRAIKEN, _s._ Linen made of coa.r.s.e flax, S. O.
_R. Galloway._
Isl. _stryge_, linum rarum et vile, linum vilissimum.
STRAITIS, _s. pl._ Coa.r.s.e woollen cloth, or kersey.
_Chr. Kirk._
STRAK, _adv._ Straight.
_Barbour._
A. S. _strac_, right, direct.
STRAMASH, _s._ Disturbance, broil, Loth.
Fr. _estramacon_, a blow; Ital. _stramayz-are_, to beat, to strike down.
