Obs.–1 In 6 strynde. [? related to STRAIN sb.3 or STRAND sb.4] A streak, vein.
1523–34. Fitzherb., Husb., § 55. If he [a sheep] be ruddy, and haue reed stryndes [c. 1545 stringes] in the white of the eye, than he is sounde; and if the eye be white, lyke talowe, and the stryndes darke-coloured, thanne he is rotten.
