Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Straw

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Straw


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(1):

(n.) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.

(2):

(n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.

(3):

(n.) A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.

(4):

(v. t.) To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.