estraying

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A form of estray — An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.

Scrabble 13

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verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of estray

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