Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strayed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Strayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Straying}.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj.,
stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L.
strata (sc. via) a paved road. See {Street}, and {Stray}, a.]
1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out
of the way.

Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham.

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

Now, until the break of day, Through this house each
fairy stray. --Shak.

A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak.

3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or
rectitude; to err.

We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --??? of
Com. Prayer.

While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely
known to stray. --Cowper.

Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.

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