A word of command, now obsolete, formerly given to dismiss soldiers who were to remain in readiness to fall in again at a moment's notice.
·vt To spread or scatter. ·see <<Strew>>, and <<Strow>>. II. Straw ·noun Anything proverbially wort...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Used in brick-making (Ex. 5:7-18). Used figuratively in Job 41:27; Isa. 11:7; 25:10; 65:25. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A good woman in the straw; a lying-in woman. His eyes draw straw; his eyes are almost shut, or he is...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Both wheat and barley straw were used by the ancient Hebrews chiefly as fodder for the horses cattle...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·adj Being of a straw color. ·see Straw color, under Straw, ·noun. ...
·noun An instrument to cut straw for fodder. ...
A nick name for a thresher, but applied to all the servants of a farmer. ...
Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them. ...