estrays
plural of estray
• Stayers, satyres, stayers, stayres
Source: Wiktionary
Es*tray", v. i.
Definition: To stray. [Obs.] Daniel.
Es*tray" n. (Law)
Definition: Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
