a. Obs. exc. dial. Also 8 strackt, 9 strack. [Aphetic f. DISTRACT a.] = DISTRACT ppl. a. 4, DISTRACTED ppl. a. 5.
1598. R. Bernard, trans. Terence, Adelphos, IV. ii. He came afterwards as one stract and besides himselfe.
c. 1746. J. Collier (Tim Bobbin), View Lanc. Dial. (1770), 28. On neaw I’r so strackt woode, I’r arronly moydert.
1818. R. Wilbraham, Chesh. Gloss., Stract, adj., abbreviation of distracted.
1877. E. Leigh, Chesh. Gloss., s.v. Strack, ‘Lave the poor wench alone—oo’s strack, oi tell ye.’
