Defn: A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais. He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch.
ESTRAMACON
Es`tra`ma`con", n. Etym: [F.]
1. A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. A blow with edge of a sword. Farrow.
ESTRANGE
Es*trange", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estranged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Estranging.] Etym: [OF. estrangier to remove, F. étranger, L.
extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See
Strange.]
1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.
2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. Jer. xix. 4.
3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope. He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay.
ESTRANGEDNESS
Es*tran"ged*ness, n.
Defn: State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.