Definition of Straes

1. strae [n] - See also: strae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straes

stracciatella
stracciatellas
straczekite
straddle
straddle carrier
straddle carriers
straddled
straddler
straddlers
straddles
straddling
stradiot
stradiots
strads
strae
straes (current term)
strafe
strafed
strafer
strafers
strafes
straff
straffed
straffing
straffs
strafing
strag
straggle
straggled
straggler

Literary usage of Straes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Darker Superstitions of Scotland: Illustrated from History and Practice by John Graham Dalyell (1834)
"... door—and when ye cam back took thrie straes, ane for William Ander- M.IU-'S wyff, ane for William ... straes—straws; craige—throat; ..."

2. The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop (1868)
"Spoken of conceited persons who think themselves of great consequence. He tines bottles gathering straes. A variation of "He starts at ..."

3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... would eeem to be merely a provincial variety of straps, which occurs in a similar connexion, " Straps and straes." V. STRAPS. ..."

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