Obs. exc. dial. Also 5 strie. [OE. stréʓan (*stríeʓan, *stríʓan) = Goth. straujan, f. Teut. root *strau-: *streu-: see STREW v.] trans. To strew.

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c. 1000.  Seafarer, 97 (Gr.). Þeah þe græf wille golde streʓan.

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c. 1440.  Pallad. on Husb., IV. 670. For rayn, in sonne yf thou ne mayst hem drie, Hote askis may this fleykis vnder strie In house in stede of sonne. Ibid., XII. 381, 507.

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1560.  Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden), 95. For russes to straye the seate before the pilpett.

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1658.  A. Fox, trans. Würtz’ Surg., I. iv. 13. They cause thereby infinite wrongs,… as if they had strayed the wounds full of venom. Ibid., I. iv. 13. When you stray that pouder into [it]. Ibid. Must not the wound being straid full, be bound up. Ibid., I. iv. 14. The in-strayed pouder.

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1886.  Cheshire Gloss., Stray, to strew, to scatter.

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