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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Astray \A*stray"\, adv & a. [See {Estray}, {Stray}.]
Out of the right either in a literal or in a figurative
sense wandering; as to lead one astray.
Ye were as sheep going astray. --1 Pet. ii
25.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
astray
adv 1: away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray"
2: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the
mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn:
{wide}]
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