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strig, n.|strɪg|
Also 6 strigge.
[Of obscure origin.]
1. The stalk of a leaf, fruit, or flower; a petiole, peduncle, or pedicel. Also, the stem of the hop cone.
1565J. Halle Hist. Expost. Table 114 Certayne tender strigges of Iuncio palustris..the marshe rushe. 1572in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 156 Strigges of bay Leaves for twigg heades at vid the peece. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. 187 Perfume them with Galbanum, Reazins, or olde strigges of Grapes. 1578Lyte Dodoens vi. xvi. 678 The roote [of Heath] is tender..and putteth foorth in diuers places many newe twigges or strigges. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 76 (bis) The Strig: the footstalk of any fruit. Petiolus. Suss[ex]. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece iv. 309 A quadrangular Stalk, set at several distances with Leaves, upon a long strig or stem. 1881Whitehead Hops 13 One fault in the flower cones of the old fashioned Grape hops is that they have a thick strig or stem. 1891Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. 852 The central stem, or ‘strig’ of the hop cones. 1901Times 2 Sept. 6 [Birds] will strip a currant-bush of its fruit so effectively as to leave nothing but the bare strigs.
2. A long thin appendage in various tools; the tang of a sword-blade (Cent. Dict.); the stem of a marking-gauge; or the like. Also, the projection under the bowl of a tobacco-pipe.
1703[R. Neve] City & C. Purchaser 195 The Scraper..is..of Steel, in the form of an Equilateral Triangle, in the middle of which is fixed an Iron Strig, on the end of which is fixed a Wooden-knob, or Handle. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 596 The earthing up may be accomplished with facility by the above implement, merely by fixing a small piece of wood on the strig of it. 1844Florist's Jrnl. (1846) V. 159 From the base of the two lower ones the strig or tail is fastened, which is thrust into the earth to support and retain the label in its place. 1875Seaton Fret-Cutting 83 The marking gauge is composed of two pieces, the gauge block, through which passes the bar or strig on which is fixed the iron point that marks the work.
Hence strig v. trans., to remove the strig or stalk from (currants, etc.); ˈstrigging vbl. n. (attrib. in strigging machine).
1887Kentish Gloss. 165 Will you help me strig these currants? 1899Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. Ser. iii. X. 46 Some Dutch black currants..were being put through a patent strigging machine. |