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estray

[ ih-strey ]

noun

  1. a person or animal that has strayed.
  2. Law. a domestic animal, as a horse or a sheep, found wandering or without an owner.


verb (used without object)

  1. Archaic. to stray.

estray

/ ɪˈ²õ³Ù°ù±ðɪ /

noun

  1. law a stray domestic animal of unknown ownership
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of estray1

1250–1300; Middle English astrai < Anglo-French estray, derivative of Old French estraier to stray
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of estray1

C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French estraier to stray
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“Throughout the past year, we offered real solutions to the Forest Service for the Gila estray problem. Those solutions would address the immediate issue, provide long-term resolution and would be humane.â€

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Ott says she looks forward to working with the group in their shared goal of a sustainable, long-term solution for managing the more than 2,000 state-owned, estray horses in the Virginia Range.

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A 19-year-old from Springfield was eventually charged with “taking up an estray without first notifying the Department of Agriculture.â€

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An estray from the Polar North, he had been blown far out to sea in a hurricane.

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Estray, e-strÄ′, n. a beast found within a manor or lordship, and not owned.—v.i. to stray.

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