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Stray, n. [ME and e.m.E. stray (1228), AF stray, estrai (OED), f. as Stray(e v.] On stray, wandering at large, astray. Cf. Astray adv. — 1375 Barb. xiii 195.
Thair mycht men se mony a steid Fleand on stray a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 19.
Mony sterne our the streit stertis on stray a1500 Rauf C. 477.
His brydill bellisand and gay His steid stout on stray 1513 Doug. xi xii 25.
The men byrnand to ioyn in the melle, And furour grew of stedis sterand on stray