A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1634-1638
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Strayer, n. [e.m.E. strayer (1519); Stray(e v.] One who strays, in lit. and fig. senses. —1634 Aberd. Trades 218.
Ilk servant and prentices of the said craft [that] is vagaboundis on the Sabbath and strayer heir and there be playing at lynks, kyillies, bou'lls [etc.] 1638 Rutherford Lett. (1881) 50.
Ye faithful pastors yet amongst the flocks … or any weak, tired strayers who cast but half an eye after the Bridegroom
