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strawen, a. Obs. exc. arch.|ˈstrɔːən| Also 5 strowen, 6–7 strawne. [f. straw n.1 + -en4.] Made of straw.
1459in Paston Lett. I. 477 Item, ij. strawen hattis. c1550Vertuous Scholehous K iij b, The Celibate lyfe is a strawen Loue, whiche euery houre is broken and rent asunder of one worde onely. 1577Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. 122 b, The legges must be often rubbed with a strawen wispe. 1580Fulke Dang. Rock xviii. 307 Luther calleth it [the Epistle of James] a strawen Epistle. 1590Spenser F.Q. v. v. 50 Let him lodge hard, and lie in strawen bed. 1597Bp. Hall Sat. iii. vii. 66 Lik'st a strawne scar-crow in the new-sowne field, Reard on some sticke, the tender corne to shield. 1609C. Butler Fem. Mon. (1634) 34 In some countries they use strawn Hives. 1636Coach & Sedan B j, Cudgell'd thick on the backe..with broad shining lace (not much unlike that which Mummeres make of strawen hatts). 1861Reade Cloister & H. xxxi, Like wee icicles a-melting down from strawen eaves. 1864Allingham Lawrence Bloomfield vii. 95 Oona..in her accustom'd strawen chair. |