strayingn.

/ˈstreɪɪŋ/

Etymology: < stray v.² + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of the verb, in various senses; also, an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > moving without fixed course

vagationc1340

roving?1520

straying1548

wandering1827

milling1924

minnow-twisting1935

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

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Erratio, a goyng out of the waie, a wandryng, a straiyng abrode, a rouyng.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie viii. 47 What els are the wais of the world but straiings, so as euery man gaddes in and out when they once turne their backes vpon God.

1643 F. Rous Psalms of David (1646) (xlv. 18) 76 Our heart's not turn'd back, from thy way, our steps no straying made.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 33 Those strayings also and outsteppings, whereof Gods faithfullest servants are now and then guilty.

1786 G. Frazer Dove's Flight 39 Observe the pidgeon in her straying from the flock.

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 58 How could they find out in Lorenzo's eye A straying from his toil?

a1857 H. Bonar Hymns Faith & Hope 33 Cease, my soul, thy strayings!

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma vii. 235 Those learned inquirers..who were so busy about the strayings of Ulysses, so inattentive to their own.

1889 H. E. Handerson tr. J. H. Baas Outl. Hist. Med. 495 (note) Patin was the first who observed a case of tubal pregnancy, ascribing it to a straying of the ovum.

b. Gerundially in to go a-straying. Now only archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > stray or go astray

dwelec900

miswendOE

to fare astray (misliche, amiss)c1175

to step astray, awry, beside1297

weyec1315

outrayc1330

strayc1330

waivea1375

forvay1390

outwandera1400

stragglea1425

waverc1485

wander?1507

swerve1543

wift?a1560

random1561

estray1572

egar1584

to go a-strayinga1586

to step aside1787

err1819

moider1839

maverick1910

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander

wharvec890

woreOE

wandera1000

rengec1230

wagc1325

roamc1330

errc1374

raikc1390

ravec1390

rumblec1400

rollc1405

railc1425

roit1440

waverc1440

rangea1450

rove1481

to-waver1487

vaguea1525

evague1533

rangle1567

to go a-strayinga1586

vagary1598

divagate1599

obambulate1614

vagitate1614

ramble1615

divage1623

pererrate1623

squander1630

peramble1632

rink1710

ratch1801

browse1803

vagrate1807

bum1857

piroot1858

scamander1864

truck1864

bat1867

vagrant1886

float1901

vagulate1918

pissant1945

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xiv. 3 And loe, he findes that all a straying went.

1884 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 152/2 Thoughts that had gone astraying half across the globe.

1936 W. H. Auden Look, Stranger! 56 And Garbo's and Cleopatra's wits to go astraying.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

strayingadj.

/ˈstreɪɪŋ/

Etymology: < stray v.² + -ing suffix².

That strays, in the senses of the verb.

a. Of a person, animal, etc.

ΚΠ

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xv. 99 Duryng these blind and straying peregrinations, they carry none other apparrell then a little cassock.

1593 A. Chute Beawtie Dishonoured 19 Neuer did flocke to old Vlisses Queene, In wearie absence of her straying knight, Neuer more woers [etc.].

1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxviii. 475 The straying Bullock needs a heavy clog.

1831 M. W. Shelley Swiss Peasant in Tales (1891) x. 189 Or a straying cow would lead him far into the depths of the stormy hills.

b. Of a thing. †straying star n. a planet; cf. errant adj. 9b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > of older astronomy

planetc1300

erratic starc1374

erring starc1449

seven starsc1530

straying star1585

wanderer1615

erratical1647

erratic1715

the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding

winding1555

straying1585

crankling1596

meandrian1608

tortive1609

meandered1612

serpentine1615

snailing1615

meandering1617

meandrous1639

meandric1658

wandering1667

wimpling1721

spiral1796

circumvolutory1834

wormy1869

twistering1872

twistified1872

twistical1890

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ix. 42 b The seuen straying starres.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. xlv. 22 The straying starres or planets.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. v. 15 This world's a Citty full of straying Streetes, And Death's the market place, where each one meetes.

c. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray

scrithingOE

sinister1526

aberrantc1536

strayed1544

straying1553

exorbitant1556

erroneous1595

wandering1606

devious1633

theat1682

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective] > straying or going astray

willa1325

wilsomea1375

errant14..

miswandering?a1425

straying1553

straggling1589

extravagant1604

wandering1606

roytish1648

erroneous1731

wildering1827

stray-running1914

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [adjective]

erringa1340

overseena1393

willa1400

out of one's book (also books)1549

straying1553

faulting1566

deceived1569

seek1569

tripping1577

amiss1582

mistaking1582

naught1597

errant1609

solecistical1654

solecismical1656

wrong1695

solecistic1865

1553 tr. Short Catech. 7 b Hearin is debarred al kind of filthy & strayeng lust.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) i. 1 He blessed is who neither loosely treads The straying steps as wicked councel leads,..Nor yet [etc.].

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xli. sig. D^v And chide thy beauty, and thy straying youth.

1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 9 To reduce straying Man to his true Good and Happiness.

1897 M. E. Grant Duff Notes from Diary 1851–1872 II. 78 He writes of these straying sheep without bigotry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	straying
释义	strayingn. /ˈstreɪɪŋ/ Etymology: < stray v.² + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of the verb, in various senses; also, an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > moving without fixed course vagationc1340 roving?1520 straying1548 wandering1827 milling1924 minnow-twisting1935 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 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Erratio, a goyng out of the waie, a wandryng, a straiyng abrode, a rouyng. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie viii. 47 What els are the wais of the world but straiings, so as euery man gaddes in and out when they once turne their backes vpon God. 1643 F. Rous Psalms of David (1646) (xlv. 18) 76 Our heart's not turn'd back, from thy way, our steps no straying made. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 33 Those strayings also and outsteppings, whereof Gods faithfullest servants are now and then guilty. 1786 G. Frazer Dove's Flight 39 Observe the pidgeon in her straying from the flock. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 58 How could they find out in Lorenzo's eye A straying from his toil? a1857 H. Bonar Hymns Faith & Hope 33 Cease, my soul, thy strayings! 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma vii. 235 Those learned inquirers..who were so busy about the strayings of Ulysses, so inattentive to their own. 1889 H. E. Handerson tr. J. H. Baas Outl. Hist. Med. 495 (note) Patin was the first who observed a case of tubal pregnancy, ascribing it to a straying of the ovum. b. Gerundially in to go a-straying. Now only archaic. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > stray or go astray dwelec900 miswendOE to fare astray (misliche, amiss)c1175 to step astray, awry, beside1297 weyec1315 outrayc1330 strayc1330 waivea1375 forvay1390 outwandera1400 stragglea1425 waverc1485 wander?1507 swerve1543 wift?a1560 random1561 estray1572 egar1584 to go a-strayinga1586 to step aside1787 err1819 moider1839 maverick1910 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander wharvec890 woreOE wandera1000 rengec1230 wagc1325 roamc1330 errc1374 raikc1390 ravec1390 rumblec1400 rollc1405 railc1425 roit1440 waverc1440 rangea1450 rove1481 to-waver1487 vaguea1525 evague1533 rangle1567 to go a-strayinga1586 vagary1598 divagate1599 obambulate1614 vagitate1614 ramble1615 divage1623 pererrate1623 squander1630 peramble1632 rink1710 ratch1801 browse1803 vagrate1807 bum1857 piroot1858 scamander1864 truck1864 bat1867 vagrant1886 float1901 vagulate1918 pissant1945 a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xiv. 3 And loe, he findes that all a straying went. 1884 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 152/2 Thoughts that had gone astraying half across the globe. 1936 W. H. Auden Look, Stranger! 56 And Garbo's and Cleopatra's wits to go astraying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021). strayingadj. /ˈstreɪɪŋ/ Etymology: < stray v.² + -ing suffix². That strays, in the senses of the verb. a. Of a person, animal, etc. ΚΠ 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xv. 99 Duryng these blind and straying peregrinations, they carry none other apparrell then a little cassock. 1593 A. Chute Beawtie Dishonoured 19 Neuer did flocke to old Vlisses Queene, In wearie absence of her straying knight, Neuer more woers [etc.]. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxviii. 475 The straying Bullock needs a heavy clog. 1831 M. W. Shelley Swiss Peasant in Tales (1891) x. 189 Or a straying cow would lead him far into the depths of the stormy hills. b. Of a thing. †straying star n. a planet; cf. errant adj. 9b. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > of older astronomy planetc1300 erratic starc1374 erring starc1449 seven starsc1530 straying star1585 wanderer1615 erratical1647 erratic1715 the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding winding1555 straying1585 crankling1596 meandrian1608 tortive1609 meandered1612 serpentine1615 snailing1615 meandering1617 meandrous1639 meandric1658 wandering1667 wimpling1721 spiral1796 circumvolutory1834 wormy1869 twistering1872 twistified1872 twistical1890 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ix. 42 b The seuen straying starres. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. xlv. 22 The straying starres or planets. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. v. 15 This world's a Citty full of straying Streetes, And Death's the market place, where each one meetes. View more context for this quotation c. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray scrithingOE sinister1526 aberrantc1536 strayed1544 straying1553 exorbitant1556 erroneous1595 wandering1606 devious1633 theat1682 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective] > straying or going astray willa1325 wilsomea1375 errant14.. miswandering?a1425 straying1553 straggling1589 extravagant1604 wandering1606 roytish1648 erroneous1731 wildering1827 stray-running1914 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [adjective] erringa1340 overseena1393 willa1400 out of one's book (also books)1549 straying1553 faulting1566 deceived1569 seek1569 tripping1577 amiss1582 mistaking1582 naught1597 errant1609 solecistical1654 solecismical1656 wrong1695 solecistic1865 1553 tr. Short Catech. 7 b Hearin is debarred al kind of filthy & strayeng lust. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) i. 1 He blessed is who neither loosely treads The straying steps as wicked councel leads,..Nor yet [etc.]. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xli. sig. D^v And chide thy beauty, and thy straying youth. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 9 To reduce straying Man to his true Good and Happiness. 1897 M. E. Grant Duff Notes from Diary 1851–1872 II. 78 He writes of these straying sheep without bigotry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1548adj.1553
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