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strawn
strawn
See also: Strawn
English
Adjective
strawn (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of strawen
- 1609: Charles Butler, The Feminine Monarchie; or, A Treatise Concerning Bees, page 34 (1634 revision)
- In some countries they use strawn Hives.
- 1609: Charles Butler, The Feminine Monarchie; or, A Treatise Concerning Bees, page 34 (1634 revision)
Scots
Etymology 1
A variant of strand (“small brook”, “gutter”).
Noun
strawn
- (Western Scotland) gutter
Etymology 2
From the Germanic *strene.
Noun
strawn
- string (a number of objects strung on a thread; e.g., “a string of beads”)
References
- Supplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, by John Jamieson (1825), volume 2, page 498