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strind

Pronunciation: /stɹaɪnd/

The English word “strind” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A ditch or water-channel.
  2. A long straggling branch; a spur at the end of a pea-stick.
  3. A small stream, streamlet; a trickle of water, the run of spilt liquid.
  4. Lineage, descent.
  5. The tread (chalaza) of an egg.
  6. A string; a thread or strand.

verb

  1. To run or flow in a very small stream; to trickle.
  2. To eject in a small stream; to squirt, spray; to allow to trickle or dribble in small quantities.

Etymology

From Middle English strind, strend, strund, from Old English *strynd, related to Old Norse strind (“edge, side, land”).

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