Definition of straw

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Straw (n.) A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease..

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Paper :: Paper (n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried..
Maid''s Hair :: Maid's hair () The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).
Straw :: Straw (v. t.) To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow..
Scottering :: Scottering (n.) The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.
Stramineous :: Stramineous (a.) Strawy; consisting of straw.
Wisp :: Wisp (n.) A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance..
Mat :: Mat (n.) A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes..
Straw :: Straw (n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw..
Strayed :: Strawy (a.) Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw..
Rick :: Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching..
Thatch :: Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain..
Stack :: Stack (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch..
Whisket :: Whisket (n.) A basket; esp., a straw provender basket..
Cob :: Cob (n.) Clay mixed with straw.
Mulch :: Mulch (n.) Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture..
Thatch :: Thatch (n.) To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain..
Croodle :: Croodle (v. i.) To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw..
Hautboy :: Hautboy (n.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
Platting :: Platting (n.) Plaited strips or bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like..
Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence..
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