?A hunting or tracking dog. …

= strai n. 1.(a); also, any movable property of which the owner is unknown, waif [quot. 1365 & perh. a few others]; weif and straif. …

The action of measuring flour or wine by means of a strickle or measuring vessel. …

(a) A blow or buffet; (b) a flat piece of wood used in leveling grain even with the rim of the measuring vessel, strickle; strik meted, level-measured, measured by strickle [quots. 1454 and 1465 may……

A large-sized eel; -- also coll. …

(a) An outer coat or overgarment of varying style, freq. of rich material, worn by men, an overtunic; also fig. [quot. a1475]; -- also coll. [quot. a1387]; nethere surcot, a tunic worn under the……

A cloth for a table, esp. a protective overcloth laid for handwashing; also, a napkin; -- also coll.; maken surnap, to ready the overcloth for formal handwashing. …

(a) Arrogance, pride; presumptuousness; also person.; also, conceit; (b) theol. as a branch of the deadly sin of pride: presumption, arrogance, self-importance; (c) intellectual presumption; (d)……

A girth for a horse, perh. one that passes over the blanket, the saddle, a pack, etc., surcingle. …

One who engages in treachery or deceit. …

(a) A support, usu. one of a pair, for boards or planks serving as a tabletop, a base, trestle; also, a beam or rod; also [quot. ?a1425], wood for a scabbard;— ?error for tre n.; paire (of) trestes……

(a) A three-footed stand; (b) as surname and in place name. …

(a) Eccl. A vestment similar to, or sometimes identical with, the dalmatic or the alb specifically assigned to the subdeacon assisting at the Mass; vestement of tunicle; (b) a regal or ceremonial……

(a) A cloth head-covering, kerchief; (b) a bandage for the head; (c) a winding sheet, shroud; also, a cloth used in Biblical times to wrap the head of a corpse before burial. …

(a) A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae, an Old World vulture; (b) ?as surname. …

(a) A shade of blue, light blue; also, cloth of that color; wachet bleu; (b) as surname. …

(a) A maker or purveyor of wafers; also, a household official responsible for the making or obtaining of wafers; (b) as surname. …

(a) A pledge, guarantee, surety; winter wage, a foretaste of winter, the promise of winter’s approach; holden in wage, to hold (sth.) hostage; (b) a promise or pledge to meet in battle. …

(a) Something pledged or sworn to, a promise, vow (b) an agreement whereby something is pledged on the outcome of a future event, a bet, wager; also, the sum or object held as a surety pending the……

The dyestuff made from the plant Isatis tinctoria, woad; also in designations for woad of specific geographical origin. …