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Word: strayed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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Usage:

...tingling with the strong, salt flavor of sea-girt downs and long, pebbly beaches; a tantalizing glimpse of gray ocean and pine-clad islands. The story, as a mere story, amounts to little, but why should it? The book does not purport to be more than a few stray chapters from the lives of a few people, isolated almost absolutely as are the inhabitants of Eastern Maine. Their interests are circumscribed by the hills on one side and the ocean on the other. Yet it seems but natural that the stranger--a smuggler he happened to be--who comes...

Author: By W. R. Castle ., | Title: Review of "Admiral's Light" | 4/7/1908 | See Source »

...Freshman and class crews worked indoors and will probably continue to do so until the latter part of the week. Both the "John Harvard" and the "Veritas" are now ready for use, but they will not be launched until all stray cakes of ice have left the river...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CREW ON RIVER | 3/22/1904 | See Source »

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