Bedstraw :: Bedstraw (n.) Straw put into a bed.

Bedstraw :: Bedstraw (n.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers..

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

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..

Lady''s Bedstraw :: Lady's bedstraw () The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels..

Overstraw :: Overstraw (v. t.) To overstrew.

Straw :: Straught (v. t.) To stretch; to make straight.

Straw :: Straw (v. t.) To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow..

Straw :: 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..

Straw :: Straw (n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw..

Straw-colored :: Strawboard (n.) Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.

Straw-cutter :: Straw-colored (a.) Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n..

Strawberry :: Straw (n.) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.

Strawboard :: Strawberry (n.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species..

Strawed :: Straw-cutter (n.) An instrument to cut straw for fodder.

Strawworm :: Strawed () imp. & p. p. of Straw.

Strawy :: Strawworm (n.) A caddice worm.

Trawl :: Trawl (v. t.) To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl..

Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter..

Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom..

Trawlboat :: Trawlboat (n.) A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.

Trawler :: Trawler (n.) One who, or that which, trawls..

Trawler :: Trawler (n.) A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.

Trawlerman :: Trawlerman (n.) A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.

Trawlermen :: Trawlermen (pl. ) of Trawlerma.

Trawlnet :: Trawlnet (n.) Same as Trawl, n., 2..

Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..

Windlestraw :: Windlestraw (n.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis..

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