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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Straking,) Straiking(e, Stracking(e, Stryking, vbl. n.2 [Strak(e n.3, Strak(e v. 4] a. The process of measuring with a strake. Only fig. b. = Strak(e n.3 c, the grain removed by the strake from a heaped measure. Also pl. —a. 1685 Hay Fleming Six Saints I 111.
Christ knows well whether heaping or straiking agrees best with our narrow vessels —b. 1576 Edinb. Test. IV 346b.
Ane laid of meill & ane of strykingis price of the boll xxxvj s. 1649 Edinb. Test. LXIV 248.
Ane boll of brand … Item half ane boll of strackinges a1699 Skene Agric. MS (ed.) 68.
A boll of wheat and they be gud will give a boll of flowr, half a boll of straikinge and a furlet or the thrie pecks of branne
