strae

While the happy owner was directing one lad to 'gae doun for the new saddle'; another, 'just to rin the beast ower wi' a dry wisp o 'strae'; a third, 'to hie doun and borrow Dan Dunkieson's plated stirrups,' and expressing his regret 'that there was nae time to gie the nag a feed, that the young Laird might ken his mettle,' Bertram, taking the clergyman by the arm, walked into the vault and shut the door immediately after them.

Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

o 'strae'; a third, 'to hie doun and borrow Dan Dunkieson's plated stirrups,' and expressing his regret 'that there was nae time to gie the nag a feed, that the young Laird might ken his mettle,'

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

o 'strae'; a third, 'to hie doun and borrow Dan Dunkieson's plated stirrups,' and expressing his regret 'that there was nae time to gie the nag a feed, that the young Laird might ken his mettle,'

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

Mai Panda kitteh, hu wuz a strae bifoar hims fowndid mii, had teh beriberi bad teefs.

Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

I fowndid a strae kitti in da rode on Wednesday morny erlie.

Jurassic Park sequel - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

He tried if MacVittie & Co. wad gie him siller on them — that I ken by Andro Wylie — but they were ower auld cats to draw that strae afore them — they keepit aff, and gae fair words.

Rob Roy 2005

While the happy owner was directing one lad to ‘gae down for the new saddle; ’ another, ‘just to rin the beast ower wi’ a dry wisp o’ strae; ’ a third, ‘to hie down and borrow Dan Dunkieson’s plated stirrups, ’ and expressing his regret ‘that there was nae time to gie the nag a feed, that the young laird might ken his mettle.

Chapter LV 1917

'Where I kill'd ane, a fair strae-death, [straw (i.e., bed)]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

He tried if MacVittie & Co. wad gie him siller on them --- that I ken by Andro Wylie --- but they were ower auld cats to draw that strae afore them --- they keepit aff, and gae fair words.

Rob Roy 1887

Wi 'that the fairy ripes amang the cradle strae, and pu's oot a pair o' pipes, sic as tylor Wullie ne'er had seen in a 'his days -- muntit wi' ivory, and gold, and silver, and dymonts, and what not.

The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887