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Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] W. Black.

Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree.

An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matinée.

Same as Sora.

a strong breeze.

A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal. [Colloq.]

One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously. [Eng.] C. Kingsley.

Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray.

Straw. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

See Strene. [Obs.] Chaucer.

lage, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. Coverdale. At home or through the high street passing. Milton.

A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [Obs.] Cowell.

A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.

A summer. See 2d Summer.

The person to whom a surrender is made. Mozley & W.

A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.

The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.