Definition of Straiks

1. straik [v] - See also: straik

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straiks

straighting
straightish
straightjacket
straightjackets
straightlaced
straightly
straightnesses
straights
straightway
straightways
straik
straiked
straiking
straiks (current term)
strain
strain burst
strain energy
strain gage
strain gauge
strain gauges
strainable
strainably
strained
strained silicon
strainer
strainer vine
strainers
strainful

Literary usage of Straiks

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

1. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"As I cam on, and further on, And doun and by Harlaw, They fell fu' close on ilka side, Sic straiks ye never saw. They fell fu' close on ilka side, ..."

2. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1886)
"As I cam on, and further on, And doun and by Harlaw, They fell fu' close on ilka side, Sic straiks ye never saw. They fell fu' close on ilka side, ..."

3. The Ballads of Scotland by William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1858)
"As I cam on, and further on, And doun and by Harlaw ; They fell fu' close on ilka side, Sic straiks ye never saw. They fell fu' close on ilka side, ..."

4. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1905)
"... the complainer with a drawn sword, " strake out a nomber of straiks at him ... to the effusion of his blood, and gave him manie other straiks with the ..."

5. The Great North of Scotland Railway: A Guide by William Ferguson (1881)
"As I cam* on and further on, And down and by Harlaw, They fell full close on ilka side, Sic straiks ye never saw. They fell full close on ilka side, ..."

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