An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. strac-an, Germ. streich-en, molliter fricare.

2. To anoint with any unctuous substance, S.
To straik bread, to put butter on it.
3. Applied to the measurement of grain, S.

Straik, s.
1. The act of stroking, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. The act of anointing, S.

STRAIK, STRAKE, s.
1. A blow, S.
Douglas.

Germ. streich, Sw. streek, ictus.

2. Metaph., remorse.
R. Bruce.
3. Engagement in the field of battle.
Wallace.
4. Coinage.
Acts Ja. II.

STRAIK, s.
1. Upo' straik, in a state of activity, S. B.
2. An extent of country, S. B.
3. Ground travelled over, S. B.

Belg. streek, Germ. strecke, a tract.

STRAIK, pret. v. Struck.
Gawan and Gol.

STRAIKEN, s. Linen made of coarse flax, S. O.
R. Galloway.