Straw

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To spread or scatter. ·see Strew, and Strow.

II. Straw ·noun Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.

III. Straw ·noun The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, ·etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.

IV. Straw ·noun A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, ·etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.

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