Stray

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To cause to stray.

II. Stray ·noun The act of wandering or going astray.

III. Stray ·vi Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.

IV. Stray ·adj To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

V. Stray ·adj Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to Err.

VI. Stray ·adj To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to Roam; to go astray.

VII. Stray ·noun Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.

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