Bible Dictionaries
Stray

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

(2):

(a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.

(3):

(v. t.) To cause to stray.

(4):

(v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.

(5):

(n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.

(6):

(n.) The act of wandering or going astray.

(7):

(a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stray'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stray.html. 1828.