An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 836
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 836
_To_ STRAMP, _v. a._ To trample, S.
Germ. _strampf-en_, id.
_Lyndsay._
~Stramp~, _s._ The act of trampling, S.
STRAMULLION, _s._ A strong masculine woman, Fife.
STRAND, _s._
1. A rivulet.
_Douglas._
2. A gutter, S.
_Wallace._
STRANG, _adj._
1. Strong.
_Minstr. Bord._
A. S. _strang_, Alem. _streng_, robustus.
2. Harsh to the taste, bitter, S. B.
Germ. _streng_, id., Isl. _straung_, asper.
_To_ STRANGE, _v. n._ To wonder, S.
_Shirrefs._
STRAPPING, STRAPPAN, _part. adj._ Tall and handsome, S.
_Burns._
STRATH, _s._ A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _srath_, a country confined by hills on two sides of a river.
_To_ STRAVAIG, _v. n._ To stroll, to go about idly, S.
_Ferguson._
Ital. _stravag-are_, Lat. _extravag-are_, to wander abroad.
STRAUCHT, _pret._ Stretched.
_Doug._
STRAUCHT, _adj._ Straight, S.
A. S. _straecc_, Germ. _streck_, rectus.
~Straucht~, _s._
1. A straight line, S. B.
2. A district, S. B.
~Straucht~, ~Strawcht~, _adv._
1. Straight.
_Wyntown._
2. Directly, immediately.
_K. Quair._
Germ. Belg. _strack_, cito.
STREAMERS, _s. pl._ The Aurora Borealis, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
STREAPE, _s._
V. ~Stripe~.
STREASE, _s. pl._ Straws.