Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word strak.

Examples

  • Than the king kest abak his handis betwix the tindis of this hart, to haif savit him fra the strak thairof; and the haly croce slaid, incontinent, in his handis.

    Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

  • This in strak contrast to the Cartesian who is forced to treat cognition as rational, and therefore non-emotional.

    Non-Cartesian Cognitive Science Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Me mark done strak (strike) me right dere dis a'ternoon.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

  • Sandy strak a spunk an 'lichtit his lantern, an', efter a fell lot o 'fykin', he got her into order.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • "Attention!" shouted Dauvid till his class; an 'Bandy Wobster -- wha was busy glowerin' at the drunkard's liver, an 'windrin' what like his ain was, nae doot -- strak in, without kennin ', wi'"Shoulder arms!" an 'the laddies roared an' leuch till you wud actually thocht they wudda wranged themsel's.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • "Hold on a meenit till I strik 'a spunk, an' see wha's a 'deid," he says; an 'wi' that he strak 'a match an' lichtit the can'le.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • "Auld wives were aye gude maidens," the Gairner's wife strak in; an 'I saw I was cornered, an' said nae mair.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Nothing daunted, Melville continued to fulminate against the authorities -- 'with ane heroicall spreit, the mair they stirit and bostit the mair he strak with that twa-eagit sword, sa that a day he movit the Provest, with sear rubbing of the ga of his conscience, to ryse out of his seatt in the middes of the sermont, and with some muttering of words to goe to the dure, out-throw the middes of the peiple.'

    Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison

  • There was a fisher ahent's that strak 'in wi' the chorus an 'made an' awfu 'gutter o't.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Fox 'rangerments, en, atter w'ile, one day w'en he wer' settin 'down by de side er de road wukkin up de diffunt oggyment w'at strak pun he mine, en fixin' up he tricks, des 'bout dat time he year a clatter up de long green lane, en yer come ole Brer

    Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.