Definition of Stravaig

1. Verb. To stroll, meander. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stravaig

1. to stravage [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: stravage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stravaig

stratum granulosum
stratum lucidum
stratums
stratus
stratus cloud
stratus fractus
straucht
strauchts
straught
straughts
straunge
stravage
stravaged
stravages
stravaging
stravaig (current term)
stravaige
stravaiged
stravaiges
stravaiging
stravaigs
straw
straw-colored
straw boss
straw bosses
straw donor
straw foxglove
straw hat
straw hats
straw man

Literary usage of Stravaig

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

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"stravaig, to stroll, to wander about. "The faws went stravaigin wi' their cuddies"—the gipsies went strolling with their donkeys. ..."

2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"stravaig, a stroll. " Let's hev a stravaig aboot the toon. ... stravaig, to stroll, to wander about. ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To stravaig, vn To stroll, to wander; to go about idly, ... [stravaig, *. An aimless walk or stroll ; also, the act of wandering about idly, Clydes., ..."

4. The Bookman (1898)
"The lady's out of the tale this time," he said, shortly ; " I met him stravaig- ing the vacant street last night ; that was all. ..."

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