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Straik   Listen
noun
Straik  n.  A strake.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Straik" Quotes from Famous Books



... sirs! then speak her fair, An' straik her cannie wi' the hair, An' to the muckle house repair, Wi' instant speed, An' strive, wi' a' your wit an' lear, ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

... stranger not to enter the dangerous castle of her husband. The first words she spoke (holding up her hands in a reproving manner) were, "Said I not to ye, Make not, meddle not?—Beware of the redding straik! [*The redding straik, namely, a blow received by a peacemaker who interfere betwixt two combatants, to red or separate them, is proverbially said to be the most dangerous blow a man can receive.] you are come to no house o' fairstrae [*Natural] death." So saying, she raised the lamp, and turned ...
— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott



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