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imp. & p. p. of Straw.
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An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
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Consisting of vetches or of pea straw.
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The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
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Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw.
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The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.
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Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces.
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A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching.
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Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
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A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species.
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A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.
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Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
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A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.
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A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.
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An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
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Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
v. t.
To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
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A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
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The merest trifle; a straw.
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Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry.
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