estray
Pronunciations
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/ə.stɹeɪ/
Noun
An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
Stray.
Usage- Archaic
- Examples
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[...] All the day / Had been a dreary one at best, and dim / Was settling to its close, yet shot one grim / Red leer to see the plain catch its estray.
Verb
To stray.
Usage- Archaic
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With other Maids to fiſh upon the Shoar; Estrays apart, and leaves her Company
Word forms
estraysestraysestrayingestrayedestrayed