Definition of stray

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Straying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stra.

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Pervert :: Pervert (v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words..
Divagation :: Divagation (n.) A wandering about or going astray; digression.
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
Estray :: Estray (n.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals..
Entice :: Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..
Fence :: Fence (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within..
Undirected :: Undirected (a.) Misdirected; misled; led astray.
Hallucinate :: Hallucinate (v. i.) To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.
Inveigle :: Inveigle (v. t.) To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
Aberrate :: Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.
Astray :: Astray (adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray..
Err :: Err (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
Erroneous :: Erroneous (a.) Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural..
Forwander :: Forwander (v. i.) To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
Varier :: Varier (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
Wide :: Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray..
Tralineate :: Tralineate (v. i.) To deviate; to stray; to wander.
Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle..
Devious :: Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step..
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