Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1828-1922
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STRACHLE, v., n. Also strauchle and with variant ending straucher. [strɑxl]
I. v. 1. To move or walk laboriously or with difficulty, to struggle; to toil, labour, potter ineffectually (Uls. 1953 Traynor; Wgt., Dmf. 1971).Slk. 1828 Hogg Poems (1874) 311:
The little wee horse he strauchlit on.Rnf. 1837 Crawfurd MSS. XI. 333:
He strachlet out, and he was not hurt.Clc. 1882 J. Walker Poems 36:
Be't lang-laid ley or cloddy stibble I strachled thro'.Kcb. 1898 A. J. Armstrong Levellers viii.:
A wad as lief darg a day to Craigwaggie as I wad strachle an' streen in an ill-soiled yard.
2. To straggle, to grow in a loose untidy way (Lth., Lnk., Wgt., Dmf. 1971). Hence ppl.adj. strauchlet, of a bush; straggly, untidily spreading (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein).
II. n. A struggle, a hard laborious time.Dmf. 1922 Rymour Club Misc. III. 101:
Puir Sam'l had a waesome time an' a sair straucher.
