Word Meanings - ESTRAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To stray. Daniel.

STRAY
stratarius roving the streets, fr. L. strata a paved road. 1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. Denham. 2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove
STRAYER
One who strays; a wanderer.
DANIEL
A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.
ASTRAY
Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25.
ESTRAY
To stray. Daniel.