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OP A couple days ago, hay and straw were mentioned. Of troy asked about straw. Just now I was searching for something else in the Bible, and encountered these verses:
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut
down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
I checked in my dictionary, and "strawed" is old past tense of "strew".
traw 7strC8
n.
5ME stra < OE streaw, akin to streawian: see STREW
1 hollow stalks or stems of grain after threshing, collectively: used for fodder, for bedding, for making hats, etc.
2 a single one of such stalks
3 such a stalk or, now esp., a tube of waxed paper, plastic, etc., used for sucking beverages
4 something, as a hat, made of straw
5 something of little or no value; worthless trifle
6 short for STRAW MAN (sense 4)
adj.
1 straw-colored; yellowish
2 made of straw
3 of little or no value or significance; worthless; meaningless
a straw in the wind an indication of what may happen
grasp (or clutch or catch) at a straw (or straws) to try any measure, however unlikely, that offers even the least hope
straw$y
adj.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted straw wwh 05/17/02 07:45 PM Post deleted by ewein ewein 05/17/02 10:00 PM Re: hay Wordwind 05/17/02 10:31 PM Re: hay wwh 05/18/02 12:19 AM Re: hay of troy 05/18/02 02:07 PM Re: hay of troy 05/18/02 12:22 PM Re: hay milum 05/18/02 01:11 PM Re: hay of troy 05/18/02 01:32 PM Re: sweeping Wordwind 05/18/02 01:43 PM Re: sweeping wwh 05/18/02 02:22 PM Re: hay AphonicRants 05/18/02 04:35 PM
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