Definition of straw

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

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Whisket :: Whisket (n.) A basket; esp., a straw provender basket..
Strawworm :: Strawed () imp. & p. p. of Straw.
Windlestraw :: Windlestraw (n.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis..
Reed :: Reed (n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
Strawed :: Straw-cutter (n.) An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
Chip :: Chip (n.) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets..
Fume :: Fume (v. t.) To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room..
Hawm :: Hawm (n.) See Haulm, straw..
Straw :: Straw (n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw..
Stramonium :: Stramineous (a.) Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored.
Sheaved :: Sheaved (a.) Made of straw.
Wisp :: Wisp (n.) A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance..
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..
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..
Overstraw :: Overstraw (v. t.) To overstrew.
Hautboy :: Hautboy (n.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
Republican :: Republican (n.) A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw..
Betty :: Betty (n.) A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask..
Bedstraw :: Bedstraw (n.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers..
Streak :: Stre (n.) Straw.
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