Definition of straw

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

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Tick :: Tick (n.) The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling..
Kit :: Kit (m.) straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket..
Straw-cutter :: Straw-colored (a.) Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n..
Stallation :: Stallage (n.) Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.
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..
Whitethroat :: Whitethroat (n.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca)..
Paillasse :: Paillasse (n.) An under bed or mattress of straw.
Winter :: Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw..
Bedstraw :: Bedstraw (n.) Straw put into a bed.
Sherry :: Sherry (n.) A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down..
Strawy :: Strawworm (n.) A caddice worm.
Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Rush :: Rush (n.) The merest trifle; a straw.
Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..
Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..
Bundle :: Bundle (n.) A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes..
Festucous :: Festucous (a.) Formed or consisting of straw.
Flat :: Flat (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned..
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