Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To strain.
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Not only because of the abuse but because i have tried before with an ex bf around 5years ago & we tried for nearly two years whıch eventaully put too much strein on the relatiıonship & we broke up.
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[ "Make wormwood wine thus: take _aqua vitæ_ and malmsey, of each like much, put it in a glasse or bottell with _a few leaves of dried wormwood_, and let it stand certain days,] and strein out a little spoonfull, and drink it with a draught of ale or wine: [it may be long preserved.]" [
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