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Str$akinness, Stra$kinness, Strakinness,
Strakinness [straˈkɪnəs]
pn. Strathkinness (Fife)
pn. Strathkinness (Fife)
strabash, strabush, stramagh, stramash, stramoosh, stromash, strumush, tramash,
stramash [straˈmaʃ]
n. An uproar, commotion, hubbub, disturbance. A mishap, accident.
v. To create a disturbance, kick up a row, be rowdy. To confuse, agitate, bewilder.
n. An uproar, commotion, hubbub, disturbance. A mishap, accident.
v. To create a disturbance, kick up a row, be rowdy. To confuse, agitate, bewilder.
Stramiglae, Stramiglie,
Stramiglae [straˈmɪgle, straˈmɪglɪ]
pn. Strathmiglo (Fife).
pn. Strathmiglo (Fife).
strammel, strammle, strummel, strummle,
strammel [ˈstraməl, ˈstrʌməl]
n. Loose straw. A rag, a tatter bit of cloth. Unsmoked tobacco and ash left in a pipe.
n. Loose straw. A rag, a tatter bit of cloth. Unsmoked tobacco and ash left in a pipe.
stran, stran$, strand, strann, straun, straund, stron,
strand [stran(d)]
n. The beach or shore. A little stream, an artificial water channel.
n. The beach or shore. A little stream, an artificial water channel.
sthrong, straang, straanger, strang, strang$er, strang$est, strang$r, stranger, strangest, strangg, stranglie, strangly, stranng, stronng, stronnger, strowng,
strang [straŋ, strɔŋ]
n. N. I. Urine which has been collected and allowed to stand for some time to be used as a lye for bleaching or as liquid manure in a dunghill.
adv. Strong.
adj. Strong.
comp. stranger
superl. strangest
n. N. I. Urine which has been collected and allowed to stand for some time to be used as a lye for bleaching or as liquid manure in a dunghill.
adv. Strong.
adj. Strong.
comp. stranger
superl. strangest
strangly [ˈstrangle]
adv. Strongly.
adv. Strongly.
strainge, strainger, strange, strangeness, stranger, strangers, strangie, straunge, streenge, streengeness, streenger, streengers, streengie, streinge, streinger, streingers, streingie, strenge, stringe, stringe, stringer, stringers, stringie, strynge, stryngeness, strynger, stryngers, stryngie,
strange [ˈstrendʒ]
also I.Sh. streenge [ˈstrindʒ], S. stringe [strəindʒ]
adj. Strange. Aloof or distant in manner, shy, self-conscious among strangers.
comp. stranger etc.
v. To marvel or wonder at.
also I.Sh. streenge [ˈstrindʒ], S. stringe [strəindʒ]
adj. Strange. Aloof or distant in manner, shy, self-conscious among strangers.
comp. stranger etc.
v. To marvel or wonder at.
strangie [ˈstrendʒi] etc.
adj. Strange.
adj. Strange.
also the form strounge [strun(d)ʒ, strʌnʒ]
adj. Harsh to the taste, rank, stringent, bitter. Of people or their demeanour: gruff, surly, sullen, morose. Of a cord etc.: stiff, not flexible or pliant.
v. S. To be sulky, to take the huff.
adj. Harsh to the taste, rank, stringent, bitter. Of people or their demeanour: gruff, surly, sullen, morose. Of a cord etc.: stiff, not flexible or pliant.
v. S. To be sulky, to take the huff.
Compounds and phrases etc.
strangers: Strangers.
strangeness: Strangeness.
strangeness: Strangeness.
Strangfird, Strangford, Strangfurd, Strengfird,
Strangford [ˈstrɑːŋfʌrd]
pn. Strangford (County Down).
pn. Strangford (County Down).
From Old Norse Strangr-fjǫrðr.
strangelt, strangglt, strangil, strangle, stranngelt, stranngle,
strangle [ˈstraŋl]
v. To constrict or squeeze painfully.
pt. pp. strangelt
v. To constrict or squeeze painfully.
pt. pp. strangelt
Cleyhole, Clie_hole, Cliehole, Stranraer, Stranraur, Stranrawer,
Stranraer [stranˈrɑːr]
pn. Stranraer (Dumfries and Galloway).
pn. Stranraer (Dumfries and Galloway).
Cleyhole [kləˈhol]: A local nickname for Stranraer.