stravage
stravage is the alternative spelling of stravaig.
Meaning of stravaig
Verb
stravaig (third-person singular simple present stravaigs, present participle stravaiging, simple past and past participle stravaiged)
- To stroll or wander aimlessly on (a road, etc.); to ramble.
- [I]n them days, you see the people used to be hanged outside o' the town, […] [I]n them days they did not attind to the comforts o' the people at all, but put them into a cart, all as one as a conthrairy pig goin' to the market, and stravaiged them through the town to the gallows, that was full...[1834, Samuel Lover, “The Curse of Kishogue”, in Legends and Stories of Ireland (Second Series), London: Baldwin and Cradock, […]; and sold by W. F. Wakeman, […], →OCLC, page 314
- To stroll or wander; to ramble, to roam.
- Dear gudeman, what has put it i'your head that our bairn stravaigs i'the night-time?1818, James Hogg, chapter I, in The Brownie of Bodsbeck; and Other Tales. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 7
- Of a river, road, etc.: to meander, to wind.
- Down the main street goes the road, but a path stravaiges by fields and along the grey palings of Warren Manor.1928, C[atherine] A[my] Dawson Scott, Oh! Foolish Kitty, London: Selwyn & Blount, →OCLC, pages 164–165
Forms of stravage
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | stravages |
| present participle | stravaging |
| past participle | stravaged |
| past | stravaged |
| Noun | |
| plural | stravages |
Questions about stravage
- What is stravage the alternative spelling of?
- Stravage is the alternative spelling of stravaig.
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