Lexicographical Neighbors of Straes
Literary usage of Straes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Darker Superstitions of Scotland: Illustrated from History and Practice by John Graham Dalyell (1834)
"... door—and when ye cam back took thrie straes, ane for William Ander- M.IU-'S
wyff, ane for William ... straes—straws; craige—throat; ..."
2. The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop (1868)
"Spoken of conceited persons who think themselves of great consequence. He tines
bottles gathering straes. A variation of "He starts at ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... would eeem to be merely a provincial variety of straps, which occurs in a
similar connexion, " Straps and straes." V. STRAPS. ..."
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