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Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Leghorn :: Leghorn (n.) A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation..

Thatch :: Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain..

Arbute :: Arbute (n.) The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree..

Stramonium :: Stramineous (a.) Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored.

Fodder :: Fodder (v.t.) To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc..

Whisket :: Whisket (n.) A basket; esp., a straw provender basket..

Croodle :: Croodle (v. i.) To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw..

Shilf :: Shilf (n.) Straw.

Bale :: Bale (n.) A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation..

Carpet :: Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables..

Festucine :: Festucine (a.) Of a straw color; greenish yellow.

Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads..

Wase :: Wase (n.) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head..

Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..

Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence..

Yaws :: Yaws (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws..

Jag :: "Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore..

Platting :: Platting (n.) Plaited strips or bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like..

Cob :: Cob (n.) Clay mixed with straw.

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