strickit. See streek.
strike, of whetting a sword, etc., on a straw, or the ground. he ’s struck it (rappier) in the straw, II, 249, 18. struck it (brand) ower a strow, V, [226] b, 8; (dagger) [227], 21. struck it (bran) across the plain, II, 380, 32. See stroak, streak, strip, slate.
strinkled, III, 4, 10; 5, C 6: sprinkled.
strip, of whetting a sword by passing it across straw, a stone, the ground; replaced by stroak, streak, strike, slate, draw (cf. German streifen). has striped it throw the straw, II, 159, 15. he stript it to the stroe, II, 161, 13. he’s stripped it athwart the straw, II, 256, 12. he’s stripd it oer a stane, II, 396, 28. has stript it to the stran, II, 390, 28. he drew it through the strae, II, 185, 36; three times thro the strae, II, 162, 8. See stroak, etc.
stro, stroe, strow, strae, stray, II, 131, 16: straw.
stroak, stroke, of whetting a sword by passing it over a straw. stroakd it oer a stro, strae, stray, II, 131, 16; 166, 17; 169, 19; 305, 8, 21; 306, 14. See strip, streak, straik, strike, slate.
stroe, stro, strow, II, 161, 13: straw.
stroke. See stroak.
stroke, III, 180, 13: probably corrupt; read streke, stretch? (Scott. streik, streek).
stronge th(i)efe, strong thief, III, 13, 2; 67, 221; V, [77], 32; [83], 49: a thief using violence. See stark thief.