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Strag"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Straggling (?).] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to stroke. See Stroke, v. t.] 1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. Dryden.
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2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
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The wolf spied out a straggling kid. L'Estrange.
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3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
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Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out. Mortimer.
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4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. “Straggling pistol shots.” Sir W. Scott.
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They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Strag"gle, n. The act of straggling. [R.] Carlyle.
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