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..
Dog's-tail Grass :: Dog's-tail grass (n.) A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed..
Strawed :: Straw-cutter (n.) An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
Paillasse :: Paillasse (n.) An under bed or mattress of straw.
Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..
Matting :: Matting (v. t. & i.) Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a matlike fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the like; a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc..
Bedstraw :: Bedstraw (n.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers..
Festue :: Festue (n.) A straw; a fescue.
Strawworm :: Strawed () imp. & p. p. of Straw.
Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..
Tippet :: Tippet (n.) A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching..
Jag :: "Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned..
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well..
Carpet :: Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables..
Streak :: Stre (n.) Straw.
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..
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..
Cob :: Cob (n.) Clay mixed with straw.
Stramineous :: Stramineous (a.) Strawy; consisting of straw.
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