An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 837
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 837
_Leg. St Androis._
_To_ STREEL, _v. n._ To urinate forcibly, Fife.
V. ~Strull~.
STREICH, _adj._ Stiff and affected in speaking.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _estrechi_, contracted, restrained.
_To_ STREIK, STREEK, _v. a._
1. To stretch, S.
2. To lay out a dead body, S.
_Pop. Ball._
3. To engage in any work, S. B.
_Morison._
A. S. _strecc-an_, expandere.
_To_ ~Streik~, _v. n._ To extend.
_Douglas._
_To_ STREIK, STREEK, _v. n._ To go quickly, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _stryk-a_, currere, vagari.
~Streik~, _s._
1. Speed, S. B.
Isl. _strok-a_, fuga.
2. Exertion in whatever way, S. B.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
3. Bustle, tumultuous noise, S. B.
STREIN, STREEN, _s._ _The strein_, yesternight.
V. ~Yistrene~.
_Sir Egeir._
STREK, _adj._ Tight, strait.
_Maitland P._
Germ. _strack_, tensus, intensus.
STREMOURIS, _s. pl._ Streams of light.
Q. resembling _streamers_ or flags.
_Doug._
STRENEWITe, _s._ Fort.i.tude, stoutness.
Lat. _strenuit-as_.
_S. P. Repr._
_To_ STRENYIE, _v. a._
1. To strain, to sprain.
_Douglas._
2. To constrain.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _estraind-re_, Lat. _string-ere_.
~Strenyeabill~, _adj._ Applied to one who is possessed of so much property, that he can relieve his bail by being distrained.
_Quon. Att._
O. Fr. _estren-er_, _straind-re_, to force.