estray

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ə.stɹeɪ/

Definition of estray

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
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noun

  1. An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
  2. (archaic)Stray.
    “[...] All the day / Had been a dreary one at best, and dim / Was settling to its close, yet shot one grim / Red leer to see the plain catch its estray.”

verb

  1. (archaic)To stray.
    “With other Maids to fiſh upon the Shoar; Estrays apart, and leaves her Company”

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Etymology

From Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.

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6-letter words

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

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