Definition of straw

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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..

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Stowed :: Stover (n.) Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay..
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..
Helm :: Helm (n.) See Haulm, straw..
Maid''s Hair :: Maid's hair () The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).
Fodder :: Fodder (v.t.) To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned..
Bedstraw :: Bedstraw (n.) Straw put into a bed.
Straw :: Straw (n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw..
Festucine :: Festucine (a.) Of a straw color; greenish yellow.
Straw-cutter :: Straw-colored (a.) Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n..
Litter :: Litter (n.) Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants..
Winter :: Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw..
Shilf :: Shilf (n.) Straw.
Oaten :: Oaten (a.) Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe..
Thatch :: Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain..
Rick :: Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching..
Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
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.
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..
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