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STRAGGLE, stragl. This word seems to be formed on the root of stray. G., to pass, to migrate.

1. To wander from the direct course or way to rove. When troops are on the march, let not the men straggle.
2. To wander at large without an certain direction or object to ramble.

The wolf spied a straggling kid.

3. To exuberate to shoot too far in growth. Prune the straggling branches of the hedge.
4. To be dispersed to be apart from any main body.

They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks.

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Entry for 'Straggle'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​s/straggle.html.
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