Stray definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STRAY, v.i. [The elements of this word are not certainly ... deviate or go out of the way. We say, to stray from the path or road into the forest or wood ... and unconfined. Lo, the glad gales oer all her beauties stray, breathe on her lips and in her bosom play. 5 ... a serpentine course. Where Thames among the wanton valley strays. STRAY, v.t. To mislead. [Not in use.] STRAY, n. 1. Any domestic animal that has left an ...
Stray mark definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stray Stray, a. [Cf. OF. estrai['e], p. p. of estraier. See Stray, v. i., and cf. Astray, Estray.] Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. Stray line (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is ... clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned. Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the ...
Stray line definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stray Stray, a. [Cf. OF. estrai['e], p. p. of estraier. See Stray, v. i., and cf. Astray, Estray.] Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. Stray line (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is ... clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned. Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the ...
... wander from the point. 4. In a moral sense, to stray; to deviate; to depart from duty or rectitude. O let ... They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 2: be ... Don't digress when you give a lecture" [syn: digress, stray, divagate, wander] Merriam Webster's verb (wandered; wandering) Etymology: Middle ... meander 3. a. to go astray (as from a course) ; stray < wandered away from the group > b. to go astray morally ; err c. to lose normal mental contact ; stray in thought < his mind wandered > transitive verb to roam over ... meander. b (of esp. a person) get lost; leave home; stray from a path etc. 3 intr. talk or think ...
... your way; "found the straying sheep" Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stray Stray, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Strayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Straying.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj., stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved road. See Street, and Stray, a.] 1. To wander, as from a direct course; to ... until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak. A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak. 3. ...
Strayed definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stray Stray, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Strayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Straying.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj., stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved road. See Street, and Stray, a.] 1. To wander, as from a direct course; to ... until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak. A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak. 3. ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ESTRA'Y, v.i. To stray. [See Stray.] ESTRA'Y, n. A tame beast, as a horse, ox ... power or inclosure of its owner. It is usually written stray. Merriam Webster's I. noun Date: circa 1523 stray 1 II. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle French estraier Date: 1572 archaic stray Webster's 1913 Dictionary Estray Es*tray" n. (Law) Any ... valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. --Burrill. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Estray Es*tray", v. ...
... course. There nature deviates, and here wanders will. 2. To stray from the path of duty; to wander, in a moral ... more at way Date: circa 1633 intransitive verb 1. to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic 2. to depart ... to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to ... boldly deviate from the common track. --Pope. Syn: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deviate ... turn aside, alter one's course, wheel about. 2. Err, stray, swerve, wander, go astray, go out of one's way ... skew, slip, slip up, slue, stand apart, stand over against, stray, stumble, sway, swerve, tack, take a turn, trend, trip, ...
... to deviate from the path or line of duty; to stray by design or mistake. We have erred and strayed like ... of her"; "don't drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift] Merriam Webster's intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English ... wandering, perverse, Gothic airzeis deceived Date: 14th century 1. archaic stray 2. a. to make a mistake < erred in his calculations ... of generosity). Etymology: ME f. OF errer f. L errare stray: rel. to Goth. airzei error, airzjan lead astray Webster's ... lead astray, airzise astray.] 1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] ``Why wilt thou err from me?'' --Keble. What seemeth ... ramble, rove, serve Mammon, sin, slip, slip up, snake, straggle, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, trip, twist, twist and turn, wander, wind
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ASTRA'Y, adv. [a and stray. See Stray.] Out of the right way or proper place, both in ... Middle English, from Anglo-French estraié wandering, from estraier to stray — more at stray Date: 14th century 1. off the right path or route ... of bounds + vagari wander Webster's 1913 Dictionary Astray A*stray", adv. & a. [See Estray, Stray.] Out of the right, either in a literal or ...
... This word seems to be formed on the root of stray. G., to pass, to migrate.] 1. To wander from the ... 1. to wander from the direct course or way ; rove, stray 2. to trail off from others of its kind < little ... wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the ... 1. Rove, wander. 2. Ramble, stroll, range, roam, wander, deviate, stray, rove, digress, gad about, go out of the way, go ... spread-eagle, stagger, stalk, stamp, stand on tiptoes, stomp, straddle, stray, stretch, stretch out, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swing, tittup ...
... a pound or close pen; as, to impound unruly or stray horses, cattle, etc. 2. To confine; to restrain within limits ... in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" [syn: impound, pound] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: 15th ... hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. --Shak. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (impounds ...
... They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] Merriam Webster ... mark with the range not determined, perh. f. dial. rave stray, prob. of Scand. orig. 2. past of REEVE(2). 3 ... of English Synonyms v. n. Roam, ramble, stroll, range, wander, stray, straggle. Moby Thesaurus Wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, bat around, bum ... rambling, range, roam, roaming, roving, run about, saunter, snake, straggle, stray, straying, stroll, traipse, traipsing, tramp, twist, twist and turn, vagabond ...
... Middle English weif, waif, from Anglo-French, from waif, adjective, stray, unclaimed, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse veif ... found without an owner and especially by chance b. a stray person or animal; especially a homeless child • waifish adjective • waiflike ... waifs of rhyme.'' --Tennyson. 3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. A waif Desirous to return, and not ... ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, refuse, reject, rounder, rubbish, ski bum, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion ...