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

STRESTELY, adv. Perh. for trestely, faithfully.
V. [Traist].
Wallace.

To STRY, v. a. To overcome.
Sir Gawan.

O. Fr. estri-er, presser, empêcher d'échapper.

STRIAK. Striak of the [swesch], sound of the trumpet.
Stat. Gild.

Perh. for straik, q. stroke; or like [Streik], s. sense 2.

To STRICK lint, to tie up flax in small handfuls, for being milled, S. B.

Teut. strick-en, nectare, connectare; Isl. strik-a, lineam ducere.

Strick, s. A handful of flax knit at the end, in order to its being milled, S. B.

Teut. strick, vinculum.

STRICT, adj. Rapid, applied to a stream, S.
Z. Boyd.