·adj Being of a straw color. ·see Straw color, under Straw, ·noun.
·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
A word of command, now obsolete, formerly given to dismiss soldiers who were to remain in readiness ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Both wheat and barley straw were used by the ancient Hebrews chiefly as fodder for the horses cattle...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·adj Of some other color than green. II. Colored ·adj Of some other color than black or white. III...
·noun An instrument to cut straw for fodder. ...
A nick name for a thresher, but applied to all the servants of a farmer. ...
·adj Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray. ...
·adj Of the color of cream; light yellow. ...
·adj Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown. ...
·adj Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. ...
·adj Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. II. High-colored ·adj Vivid; strong or forci...
·adj Red; — from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard. ...
·adj Having the sandy brown color of the European larks. ...
·adj Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown. ...
·adj Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. ...
·adj ·Alt. of Parti-colored. ...
·adj Of the color of a peach blossom. ...
·adj Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color. II. Rose-colored ·adj Un...
·adj White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse. ...
Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them. ...