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English
Etymology
Origin obscure.
Pronunciation
Noun
strig (plural strigs)
- (botany) A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.
- The tang of a sword-blade.
- (UK dialectal) The string of a button.
Verb
strig (third-person singular simple present strigs, present participle strigging, simple past and past participle strigged)
- To strip the pedical from a plant.
Anagrams
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *strigō, from Latin strix. Compare (Daco-)Romanian striga, strig.
Verb
strig
- I yell.
Romagnol
Pronunciation
Noun
strig f pl
- plural of striga
References
Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 630
Romanian
Verb
strig
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of striga