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单词 outstray
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outstrayn.

Forms: see out- prefix and stray n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, stray n.
Etymology: < out- prefix + stray n. (compare sense 4 at that entry). Compare earlier outstray v. and later out-straying n.
Obsolete. rare.
= out-straying n.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > straying or going astray
vagationc1340
straya1400
outstray?a1425
will gate1440
out-way going1532
straying1548
out-straying1589
aberrationa1594
estraying1598
taveringa1599
straggling1601
wandering1711
?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 43 (MED) Þe cause of þis pursute ben two viciouse extremytees; Oone is temperal possessioun..in prestis handis; þe secounde is synful begry of miȝti men..þoo þat maynten þise twoo outstraies ben ful of many foule disclandris.
1647 J. Trapp Mellificium Theol. in Comm. Epist. & Rev. 683 He sends for us by his Spirit in our out-straies, and looks us up again.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxii. 3) 171 The mother and nurse of all our distempers and outstrayes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

outstrayv.

Forms: see out adv., int., and prep. and stray v.2
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, stray v.2
Etymology: < out- prefix + stray v.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To digress concerning (something); to extend (a discussion) in length. Also (apparently): to cause to digress or speak at length (cf. stray v.2 4c).
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a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vi. l. 2 Forsoþe þe epystlis streytnes suffird not lenger þis to ben outstreyd [a1425 Corpus Oxf. outstrayed], þat þou miȝtist vnderstonden þee not mown entryn in holy scriptureȝ: with outen aforgoer & schewying þe stye.
1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies 261 My distempered wits Longer out-stray'd my Tongue, than well befits.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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