strig

Origin obscure.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

strig (plural strigs)

1. (botany) A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.
2. The tang of a sword-blade.
3. (UK dialectal) The string of a button.

strig (third-person singular simple present strigs, present participle strigging, simple past and past participle strigged)

1. To strip the pedical from a plant.

• Grits, girts, grist, grits, trigs

From Vulgar Latin *strigō, from Latin strix. Compare (Daco-)Romanian striga, strig.

strig

1. I yell.

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈstɾiːɡ]

• (Ville Unite):

strig f pl

1. plural of striga

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 630

strig

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of striga