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English Dictionary: Stray	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stray adj not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" Synonym(s): isolated, stray (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog" n an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" Synonym(s): roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" Synonym(s): stray, err, drift lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" Synonym(s): digress, stray, divagate, wander
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stray \Stray\, v. t. To cause to stray. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stray \Stray\, a. [Cf. OF. estrai[82], p. p. of estraier. See {Stray}, v. i., and cf. {Astray}, {Estray}.] Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. {Stray line} (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned. {Stray mark} (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the stray line.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stray \Stray\, n. 1. Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively. Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray. --Dryden. 2. The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Strayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straying}.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj., stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved road. See {Street}, and {Stray}, a.] 1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham. 2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray. Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak. A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak. 3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --[?][?][?] of Com. Prayer. While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. --Cowper. Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.