strawberry 
and North America for its delicious subacid fruit, which 
is used fresh for dessert, and also canned or made into jam, 
and affords a syrup for flavoring drinks, ices, creams, etc. 
The varieties, which are mainly or wholly from the tlrst oblinita. 
three species above named, are numerous and constantly strawberry-pear 
changing. See cuts under flaijettuin and Frayaria. (stra ' ber-i -par), H. 
The fruit of a cacta- 
ceous plant, (Vrr"x 
tri/i/ii/iilinin, of the 
West Indies, etc., or 
the plant itself. This 
plant has three-angled 
berry, xtnaeeapine-slraicberry. Barren strawberry, branches which climb by 
in England, Potentilla Fragariastrum^ resembling the rooting. The fruit is sub- 
striiwberry in its trifoliate leaves and white flowers; in acid, pleasant, and cool- 
America, tfVfMsfrt/tia/rfli/arioid'e*, having the leaves three- ing, and is said to be the 
parted, but the flowers yellow. Neither has fleshy fruit, best-flavored afforded by 
' .f the order. 
perch 
jiighttofiaVecomcfromCarolina.-Chllistrawberry. J, 1 '"* ""-'-P erch )> " 
See def. and pint-strawberry. Crushed strawberry, inegras >as_s. 
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle. 
Shak., Hen. V., i. 1. 60. 
Dr. Boteler said, of strawberries, " Doubtless God could 
have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." 
/. Walton, Complete Angler (ed. Bohn), p. 158. 
Alpine strawberry, a European form of Frayaria vcuca, 
sometimes distinguished as F. enUina. Ananas straw- 
5983 stray 
(f) < mi- of three geometries, Petrophoratrutuata, Xematii- gtraw-fiddle (stra'nd"!), II. A variety of xylo- 
campajilametttaria, and Angerone crocataria, whose larva: ,,) lcmf . i lt which the wooden bars are laid on 
teed on the foliage, (d) The smeared dagger, Acronycta ^ Q{ straw A|M] gigMra and ,.,,,<*>. 
Straw-forkt (stra 'fork), ii. A pitchfork. 
Flail, strawj'ork, and rake, with a fan that is strong. 
Tusser, si-ptt-mi'cr's Husbandry. 
Straw-house (stiii'hous), . A house for hold- 
ing straw after the grain has been thrashed out. 
Strawing (stni'ing). . The occupation of sell- 
ing straws in the street and giving with them 
something which is forbidden lobe sold, as in- 
decent papers, political songs, and the like. 
Mayhew, London Labour anil London Poor, I. 
229. [Cant.] 
Straw-necked (stra'nekt), . Having husky or 
straw-like feathers on the neck: as, the gtraw- 
tlrrl.'t it ibis. ' '(It'jillill/x tjii/iicitllix. 
Straw-needle (stra'ne"dl), . A long thin 
needle used for sewing together straw braid, 
as in the manufacture of hats. Also called 
ftraw. 
Straw-ride (stra'rid), w. A pleasure-ride in the 
country, taken in a long wagon or sleigh filled 
with straw, upon which the party sit. [Colloq., 
Strawberry-pear (Certus 
larfs). 
Hautboy strawberry. See hautboy, 2. pine-straw- 2. Same as 
berry, a variety of the Chili strawberry (see def. aboveX bcrrif-sJirub. 
so called from its pineapple flavor. Also Ananas straw- S trawberry-roan(stra'ber-i-r6n). a. See w<w'. 
berry. See Carolina strawberry. Eng. Scarlet straw- Q t r a -nrViorrv chriih fetrfi'hor \ sVir-iih The U. S.J 
berry, specifically, the Virginian strawberry. [Eng.]- Strawberry-Shrub (stra ber-i-sl nib), . it strawsma u (gtra'smal), M. The whitethroat, 
Strawberry-crown borer, a curculionid beetle, Tyloder- sweet shrub, Caiymntlius Jlortdns and other 
, species. See Calycanthus. 
strawberry-tomato (stra'ber-i-to-ma"t6), . 
The winter-cherry, Physalis Alkekenqi. The ber- 
ry, inclosed within an inflated calyx, resembles a cherry 
Also called huk- 
, . 
Strawberry-crown borer (Tylmterma/raffari*). 
a, latva, full-grown ; b, adult beetle, from side ; f, same, from above. 
(Hair-lines show natural sizes.) 
or a very small tomato in appearance. 
tomato. 
strawberry-tree (stra'ber-i-tre), . 
strawbery-tre ; <. strawberry + tree.'] 
strawberry-plant. See the quotation under 
strawberry-wise. 2. A handsome evergreen 
shrub or bushy tree, Arbutus Unedo, native in 
southern Europe. The scarlet granulated fruit at a 
distance resembles a strawberry, but is dry and lacking 
in flavor, though sometimes eaten. In Spain a sugar and 
so called from the straw used in 
ir), n. 1. Same as gtraw- 
',. 2. The garden-warbler, SyMa hortensi*. 
3. The willow-warbler, Phylloscopus trocM- 
lus. [Prov. Eng. in all senses.] 
[< ME. straw-Stem (stra'stem), M. I. In glass-makiny, 
If. The the stem of a wine-glass pulled out of the sub- 
stance of the bowl. Hence 2. A wine-glass 
having a stem of the above character. 
A party of young men ... let fall Uiat superb cut-glass 
Claret and shivered it, with a dozen of the delicately-en- 
graved straw-stems that stood upon the waiter. 
O. W. Curtis, Potiphar Papers, ii. 
ma fragarise, which lays its eggs at the crown of the straw- 
berry-plant in the United States, and whose larva often 
a spirit are extracted from it. The flowers appear in au- . 
tumn, when also the fruit, which ripens only the second straw-Stone (stra'ston), n. Same as carphohte. 
season, is present. The name is extended to the other stra W-Underwing (stra mrder-wing), . A 
, species of the genus. See cut under Arbutus, 3. British noctuid moth, Ccrigo cytherea, having 
SSJ^feiyS^^ S ^ berry - Tine (st'^-)' See st "- straw-colored underwings, with a broad, smoky 
*5Zttt5ttl^ttJlS& Strawberry-Wiset, . [< ME. strawbery wyse stow- wine^Sra' win), *. Wine made from 
berry- plant in the United States; also, one of several other stratcbyry vyse, strobery wyse, streberiicise, < g ra p e s which have been dried or partly dried 
moths whose larva; have this habit. See cut under leaf- AS. streaivberie-wise, stredberie-wise, later strx- by exposure to the sun : so called from the bed 
beriewise, strawberry -plant, < stredwberie, straw- o f 8 traw upon which they have been laid. Such 
berry, -f- wise, here appar. a particular use of w j ne j g generally sweet and rich. 
wise, way, manner, wise: see strawberry and 
wise'*.~] The strawberry-plant. 
Strawbery wyse (strawberytre, K. strawbe[ry] wyse, H. 
strawbyry vyse, S). Fragus. Prompt. Pan., p. 478. 
rotter. Strawberry -leaves, a dukedom : from the eight 
strawberry-leaves on a ducal coronet. Strawberry 
root-borer, a moth, Anarsia lineatella, whose larva bur- 
rows in the roots of this plant, and often does great dam- 
age. Strawberry run. See runi. Strawberry saw- 
fly, a small black saw-fly, Kmphytus maculatus, whose 
larva is a strawberry-worm. See cut under Emphytus. 
Strawberry spinach. Same as strawberry-blite. 
Strawberry tongue, in med., a red papillated tongue, as strawberry-worm (stra'ber-i-werm), n. The 
seen in scarlatina. Wild strawberry, any native straw- 
berry ; also, sometimes, species of Potentilla, from their re- 
semblance to the true strawberry- Wood-strawberry, 
the typical form of Fragaria msca. [Eng.] 
worm grub, or caterpillar of any insect which 
:.:.' t i. B Li,,,. W V,BITV psnpciBllv thp larva of 
injures tne gti a W Derry , any, in 
We may presume that oseye was a luscious-sweet, or 
ttmw-mw, similar to that which is still made in that prov- 
ince [Alsace]. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 206, note. 
straw-worm (stra'werm), n. The larva of a 
trichopterous neuropterous insect; a caddis- 
worm : so called from the bits of straw of which 
it builds its case. See cut under caddis-worm. 
B _ ft A -i i i it PJU11U.B 1LD V^OiDO. kJCC viiu viiv*v.i iyi*i*M.nj-M/ vt 
the strawberry saw-fly, EmpJtytus maculatm, s t ra wy (stra'i), , [< strait + -)/!.] Pertaining 
*/^>o flllllr rtolldrl 0Cmll7uM*W f/nlMLMUHHUa SsPA . "tf V ",,, * , '-A' _ J. _i.. 
Strawberry-bass (stra'ber-i-bas), M. Same as more fully called strawberry false-worm, 
grass-bass. cut under Emphytus. [U. S.] 
Strawberry-blite (stra'ber-i-blit), . A spe- strawboard (stra'bord), w. A thick and coarse 
cies of goosefoot, Chenopodium (Blitum) capita- hard-rolled fabric of yellow paper or cardboard 
turn, also C. (S.) virgatum, whose flower-heads made of straw: largely used by makers of 
ripen into a bright-red juicy compound fruit, cheap paper boxes. straw varrt (stra'viirdl 
They are Old World plants found in gardens, and the fruit, straw-buff (stra'buf), TO. Straw-color of very B ' 
though insipid, is_ said to _have been formerly used in [ ow cni .oma, as in Manila paper. 
r), One 
of several different insects whose larva mine 
bore, or burrow m the crown, leaf, or root of 
See the 8pecifie ph 
strawberry-bush (stra'ber-i-bush),. n. A low 
upright or straggling American shrub, Euony- 
musAmericana : so named from its crimson and 
scarlet fruit. 
strawberry-clover (stra'ber-i-klo"ver), 11. A 
The pampas-cat. 
Same as paillasse, 2. 
ar), a. and n. I. a. 
Straw-colored ; stramineous. 
Your straw-colour beard. Shak., M. N. D., i. 2. 95. 
II. n. An extremely luminous, very cool yel- 
low color, of somewhat reduced chroma, re- 
calling the color of yellow straw, but cooler in 
to, made of, or like straw ; consisting of straw ; 
resembling straw. 
There the strawy Greeks, ripe for his edge, 
Fall down before him, like the mower's swath. 
SAo*.,T. andC.,v. 5. 24. 
See the quotation. 
They [trampers] come back to Ixindon to avail them- 
selves of the shelter of the night asylums or refuges for 
the destitute (usually called straw-yards by the poor). 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 138. 
straw-yellow (stra'yeFo), n. A chromatic 
variety of straw-color, or a yellow verging upon 
straw-color. 
stray 1 (stra), <>. [< ME. strayeii, straien, < OF. 
estraier, estraycr, estraer, estraer, wander about, 
stray (said of an animal, esp. of a horse, going 
about without its master), also of a person, wan- 
der, ramble, prob. lit. ' go about the streets or 
species of clover, Trifoliumfragifermn, of Eu- hue. There is a wide range of chroma in colors highways' (= It. stradare, put on the way, show 
L _ 1 _ _ _. , ,,. i 11,1,1 \\-rr tlii^. ii-iim. +-Vni mn-wr\ f ftf Olri'l'tlift* 1 f>a1-Y-/tH0V AXT'l TlH P1TTI ft ft llOll t" 
rope and temperate Asia. It resembles the com- called by this name, 
mon white clover, T. repens, but has the fruiting heads straw-colored (stra'kul'prd), . Pale light- 
involucrate, and very dense from the inflation of the yellow, like dry straw ; corn-colored ; stramine- 
calyxes^which are also somewhat colored, thus suggest- U8 . ^ the gtraw ^ so i ore a bat, Natalns albiven- 
S SF y " C mb (stra/bei " i - k6m) ' "' See steaw-C0tton(stra'kot*n),,. A cotton thread 
strawberry-crab (stra'ber-i-krab),. A small made for the manufacture of hats and other 
maioid or spider-crab of, European waters,^- ^^^ter ^tra'kut'er), n. In agri., any 
machine for cutting straw and hay into short 
-r , - , . . 
rynomeaspera: so called from the reddish tu- straw : CUtter (stra'kut^er), 
bercles with which the carapace is studded. 
Same 
A drain filled with 
strawberry-geranium ( stra ' ber - i - je - ra * ni- 
um), H. See geranium and saxifrage. 
Strawberry-mark (stra'ber-i-mark), w. A kind 
of birth-mark; a vascular neevus, of reddish 
color and soft consistency, like a strawberry. 
strawberry-moth (stra'ber-i-m6th), M. Any 
moth whose larva injures the strawberry, (a) 
A strawberry root-borer, (b) A strawberry leaf-roller. 
the way) (cf . estraier, estruyer, wandering about, 
straying, stray, = Pr. fstradier, one who wan- 
ders about the streets, < ML. as if *stratariits ; 
cf. also It. stradiotto, a wanderer, traveler, gad- 
der, a particular use of stradiotto, a soldier, free- 
booter (see stradiot, estradiot), associated with 
strada, street), < estree, stree, strae, also (after 
Pr.) estrade, a street, road, highway, = Pr. ex- 
trada = It. strada, a street, road, highway, < L. 
strata, a street, road: see estre 2 and street. Ac- 
cording to some etymologists the OF. estraier 
is prob. = Pr. estragnar, < ML. extravagari, wan- 
der, < L. extra, without, + vagari, wander: see 
extravagant, extravagate. Cf. astray, estray, v., 
doublets of ttray 1 .'] I. intratis. 1. To wander, 
straw. 
straw-embroidery (strft'em-broi'der-i), . 
Fancy work done upon net, usually black silk .__ _. 
net, by means of yellow straw, which forms as from a direct course ; deviate or go out of the 
the flowers and principal parts of the pattern, W ay or from the proper limits; go astray. 
and silk of the same color. A gheep doth very often ,, n y t 
Strawent (stra'en), . [< sti-atc* + -el .] Made Al , if the shepherd be a while away. 
of straw. .Stoic. $**, T. o. of V., i. l. 74. 
