estray (estra)

beast, or valuable animal, as a horse, ox, or sheep, which is found wandering or without an owner; a beast supposed to have strayed from the power or the inclosure of its owner. In law it implies that the owner is unknown, wherefore the common law gave the ownership to the sovereign. In other than legal usage the more common form is stray. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of the ancient province of Estremadura in Spain. estrepe (es-trep'), v . i .; pret. and pp. estreped , ppr. estreping. [ estreper = Pr. estrepar , waste, ravage, destroy, extirp are , exstir pare , root out, uproot: see extirpate .] In law , to commit waste or destruction, to the damage of another, as by depriving trees of their branches, lands of their trees, buildings, etc. estrepement (es-trep'ment), n. [OF. estrepe ment (ML. est rep amentum), a wasting, waste, estreper , waste: see estrepe .] In law , spoil; waste; a stripping of land by a tenant, to the prejudice of the owner. Writ of estrepement, an ancient common-law proce to prevent waste. The king had a right to.. estrays - valuable animals found wandering in a manor, the owner being unknown, after due proclamation made in the parish church estrich, estridge (es'trich, -trij), n. and two market towns next adjoining to the place where they were found. S. Dowell , Taxes in England, I. 25. Then the sombre village crier, Ringing loud his brazen bell, Wandered down the street proclaiming There was an estray to sell. Long fellow , Pegasus in Pound. 2. Figuratively, anything which has strayed away from its owner. are our own. Our minds are full of waifs and estraus which we think O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 287. How he grides upon some promising estray , and makes the most of it! Stedman, Poets of America, p. 33. Chaucer, Troilus, i. 1084. estrelt, n. [ME., state, condition, estre , be- His highe porte and his manere est raunge . II. n. A stranger; a foreigner. Yt to yt bey or selle of the same cite vpon peyne of forfetur of yt same marchandise. Charter of London, in Arnold's Chron., p. 39. estrange (es-trānj'), v. t.; pret. and pp. es tranged, ppr. estranging. [OF. estranger, F. étranger (= Pr. estranhar = Sp. extrañar = Pg. estranhar = It. str an i are, str an are ), alienate, 1. To alienate; divert from its original use or IMG:content-0745.png:[blocks in formation] [Early mod. E. var. forms of ostrich: see ostrich.] 1. An ostrich. Let them both remember that the estridge disgest eth hard yron to preserve his health. Lyly , Euphues, sig. N 4, b. All plum'd like estridges that with the wind Bated-like eagles having newly bath'd. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 1. The brains of peacocks, and of estriches, Shall be our food. B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 6. 2. The commercial name of the fine down of the ostrich. Brande, Dict. of Sci., Lit., and Art. E-string (ē'string), n. In a stringed instrument, a string which is tuned to give the note E when open; specifically, the smallest and highest string of the violin; the chanterelle. estrot, n. [L. estrus, see astrus.] 1. An estrus; a gadfly. Hence -2. Any violent or irresistible impulse. Nares. But come, with this free heat, Or this same estro , or enthusiasme (For these are phrases both poetical), Will we go rate the prince. See Marston, The Fawne, ii. King A lisa under , 1. 5466 (Weber's Metr. Rom., 1.). estuancet," [ME. estuan , L. estuan ( t )s, ppr. IMG:content-0746.png:[blocks in formation] strae, a way, road, pa age, F. dial. (Norm.) es trée, a paved road, a street, The estres of the grisly place, That highte the grete temple of Mars in Trace. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1113. I believe that our estranged and divided ashes shall unite again. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 48. Than gede a grom of Grece in the gardyn to pleie. Will you not dance? How come you thus estrang'd ? To bi-hold the estres and the her beres [arbors] so faire. Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1768. All sorts of men, by my succe ful arts, Abhorring kings, estrange their alter'd hearts estreat (es-trēt'), n. [OF. estret, estrait, es- From David's rule, Dryden , Abs. and Achit., i. 290. treite (F. extrait ), an abstract, extract (= Pr. of æstuare, burn, glow: see estuate.] Burning; glowing. Yit leve a litel hool oute atte to brethe Thaire heetes estuant for to alethe. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 202.