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Word: estray (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • archaic Stray.
  • legal Animal that has escaped from its owner. A legal term, usually defined in common law, as a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.

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Verb:

  • archaic To stray.

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