Defn: Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. Stray line (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned. — Stray mark (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the stray line.
STRAY
Stray, n.
1. Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively. Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray. Dryden.
2. The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] Shak.
STRAYER
Stray"er, n.
Defn: One who strays; a wanderer.
STRE
Stre, n.
Defn: Straw. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STREAK
Streak, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Stretch, Streek.]
Defn: To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]