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[ME., OF. * stramage (ML. stramagium), scattered straw, strew: see stratum. Cf. stramineous, str am 480. stramash (str a-mash'), v. t. [Developed from stramazoun, pronounced later something like * str a mask in, and so taken for * stramashing, the stramash stranger verbal n. of a supposed verb * stramash. Otherwise a made verb, on the basis of stramazoun; cf. squabash, a word of similar type.] To strike, beat, or bang; break; destroy. (Prov. Eng.and Scotch]