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estray definition

es·tray (ə strā′)

noun

  1. any person or thing out of its usual place
  2. Law a stray and unclaimed domestic animal

Etymology: Anglo-Fr < estraier: see stray

intransitive verb

Archaic to stray

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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