noun
Meaning 1
A ditch or water-channel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England
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noun
A ditch or water-channel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England
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noun
A long straggling branch; a spur at the end of a pea-stick.
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Usage: Northern-England
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noun
A small stream, streamlet; a trickle of water, the run of spilt liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Lineage, descent.
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Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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noun
The tread (chalaza) of an egg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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noun
A string; a thread or strand.
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Usage: Northern-England
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verb
To run or flow in a very small stream; to trickle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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verb
To eject in a small stream; to squirt, spray; to allow to trickle or dribble in small quantities.
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Usage: Scotland
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History
From Middle English strind, strend, strund, from Old English *strynd, related to Old Norse strind (“edge, side, land”).
From Middle English strind, from Old English strȳnd, strīend. Related to strain.
Uncertain. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk strind (“string”).