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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Straggle \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.
2. To wander at large to roam idly about to ramble.
The wolf spied out a straggling kid. --L'Estrange.
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.
Trim off the small superfluous branches on each
side of the hedge that straggle too far out
--Mortimer.
4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
``Straggling pistol shots.'' --Sir W. Scott.
They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the
straggling rocks. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Straggling \Strag"gling\,
a. & n. from {Straggle}, v.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
straggling
adj : spreading out carelessly (as if wandering) in different
directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling
branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: {sprawling}, {straggly}]
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