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Stray :: Stray (n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively..

Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..

Mislight :: Mislight (v. t.) To deceive or lead astray with a false light.

Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

Straying :: Strayed (imp. & p. p.) of Stra.

Strayer :: Stray (n.) The act of wandering or going astray.

Impound :: Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping..

Wander :: Wander (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject..

Waif :: Waif (n.) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.

Pinfold :: Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.

Pervert :: Pervert (v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words..

Erroneous :: Erroneous (a.) Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural..

Stray :: Stray (a.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way..

Aberr :: Aberr (v. i.) To wander; to stray.

Err :: Err (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.

Hopple :: Hopple (v. t.) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse..

Aberrate :: Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.

Divagation :: Divagation (n.) A wandering about or going astray; digression.

Undirected :: Undirected (a.) Misdirected; misled; led astray.

Misleading :: Misleading (a.) Leading astray; delusive.

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