Also 3–7 straunge, 4–6 straung, 4–7 strang, 5 strawnge, straunce, straunche, 6 straenge, straynge, straing, Sc. strenge, 6–7 strainge. [a. OF. estrange (mod.F. étrange) = Pr. estranh, estrang, Sp. estraño, Pg. estranho, Rum. strāin, It. strano adj., stranio, strangio sb.:—L. extrāneus external, foreign (see EXTRANEOUS), f. extrā adv. outside, without.]
† 1. of persons, language, customs, etc.: Of or belonging to another country; foreign, alien. Obs.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 379. Þe king made him vroþ inou,… Þat strange men in is owe lond dude a such trespas.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 36. In Ingland neuer before was kyng lufed so wele, Ne of the folk strange non honourd so mykelle.
1387. Trevisa, Higden, II. 159. Þe Flemmynges þat woneþ in þe weste side of Wales haueþ i-left her straunge speche and spekeþ Saxonliche i-now.
1471. Caxton, Recuyell (Sommer), 303. They wold not haue the Iuste and true blood of egypte, but the strange blood whiche they shold take & make sacrefice therof.
1483. Cath. Angl., 367/2. Strawnge, alienus, barbarus.
1572. Abp. Parker, Lett., 13 Dec., Corr. (Parker Soc.), 411. To be first sent out to the reader, both English and strange.
1588. Shaks., L. L. L., IV. ii. 134. One mounsier Berowne, one of the strange Queenes Lords.
1621. J. Taylor (Water P.), Superbiæ Flagellum, A 6. Ancient Bards, and Poets in strange toungs.
1642. Rates of Merchandizes, 66. That if any English transport Coales in strange Bottoms to pay Strangers Custome.
1755. Magens, Insurances, II. 236. If a strange Master, that never was on the River Elbe before, takes a Pilot on board in foreign Parts.
† b. Of a country or other geographical feature: Situated outside one’s own land. Obs.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 5838. Þat hii & al þat lond bineþe ssolde be ydo Þoru folc of strange londe.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Prol., 13. And Palmeres for to seken straunge strondes. Ibid., 464. She hadde passed many a straunge strem.
1389. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 35. Also ȝef ony broþer or sister deye in straunge cuntre, in cristendom or in hethenesse.
15[?]. Jerusalem reioss, 11, in Dunbar’s Poems, 322. Thre Kingis of strenge regionis To the ar cumin.
1614. Raleigh, Hist. World, III. vii. § 5. 84. Long abode in a strange ayre, and want of supplie, had much enfeebled the Athenians.
1722. A. Philips, Briton, I. ii. 6. In a strange Land His Manes shall not wander, unappeas’d.
2. Belonging to some other place or neighborhood; unknown to the particular locality specified or implied. Of a place or locality: Other than one’s own.
c. 1290. St. Brendan, 292, in S. Eng. Leg., 227. An straunge man eche daye it bringuth In-to ovre celere, i-wis.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 233. For whan a man mai redy finde His oghne wif, what scholde he seche In strange places to beseche To borwe an other mannes plouh.
1421. Coventry Leet Bk., 27. That no man throw ne cast at noo straunge man, ne skorn hym.
1487–8. Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1905), 129. Item, Resseyued of Margarete Bull for þe buriall of a straunge childe, ij s.
1555. Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden), 65. Received of mr Whytlege for the beryalle of a straunge man in the churche, vj s. viij d.
1662. W. Kilburne, in Extr. S. P. rel. Friends, II. (1911), 148. Within these three weeks last past I have taken notice of many strange faces which frequent this meeting.
1732. Swift, Exam. Abuses Dubl., Misc. 1735, V. 363. A strange Dog happens to pass through a Flesh-Market.
1859. Geo. Eliot, Adam Bede, xlix. There’s all the sewing to be done, an’ I must have a strange gell out o’ Treddles’on to do it.
1892. Photogr. Ann., II. 760. The address should be given in full, as tourists in strange towns have otherwise difficulty in finding the place.
1894. J. Payn, Gleams of Memory, 9. Strange clergymen were much put out by it [sc. the old squire’s snoring], and would make significant pauses in their discourse, which had the desired effect of waking him.
† 3. Belonging to others; not of one’s own kin or family. Obs.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 87. Purchaced þing men gyues,… tille a man is strange for his seruise.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Merch. T., 196. Yet were me leuere þat houndes had me eten Than þat myn heritage sholde falle In straunge hand.
c. 1510. Robt. Deuyll (1827), 15. Ye to do justice upon hym [sc. your son] as on a straunge man.
a. 1533. Ld. Berners, Golden Bk. M. Aurel., vi. (1535), 10. For perfyte knowlege of thynges,… it behoueth to haue strange aduyse, clere vnderstandynge, and propre experience.
4. Strange woman: a harlot. (With the, as denoting the class.)
After many passages in the Book of Proverbs. The adj. renders two different Heb. words, nokrīyāh and zārāh, both which have the sense ‘not one’s own (wife)’ (see 3).
1535. Coverdale, Prov. ii. 16. That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman [so later versions], and from her that is not thine owne.
1614. B. Jonson, Barth. Fair, II. iv. (1631), 23. Ius. If I can … but rescue this youth, here out of the hands of the lewd man and the strange woman.
1886. Ruskin, Præterita, I. xi. 346. No fear of my being tempted by the strange woman, for was I not in love?
† 5. Added or introduced from outside, not belonging to the place or person where it is found, adventitious, external. In Surg. = FOREIGN a. 5.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Wife’s T., 305. For gentillesse nys but renomee Of thyne auncestres for hire heigh bountee, Which is a strange thyng to thy persone.
a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc., 83. It haþe in it a vertue putrefactyue by which he putrefieþ straunge humours comyng to a wounde.
1557. Edgeworth, Serm., Repert. A j. Adulteringe womens heare with strange colours, &c. is controlinge of Gods handy worke.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, III. lxxxvi. 440. This is a strange plante, and not found in this Countrie, except in the gardens of some Herboristes.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., III. xii. 11. Yet his owne face was dreadfull, ne did need Straunge horrour, to deforme his griesly shade.
1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 5/3. The strange thinges are ether externall,… or anye substance of our bodyes, as splinters or parcells of bones, which we esteme straunge, becaus they are noe more partakers of our lyfe.
1672. Wiseman, Treat. Wounds, II. i. 30. Cleanse the Wound first from all strange Bodies.
† 6. With from: Alien, far removed; diverse, different. Obs.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 431. Alle þes bodiliche signes ben straunge fro charite. Ibid., 511. Þerfore no newe secte of religioun, straunge fro Cristis secte, shulde have begunne.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., III. 91. A witty man tacth preued thyng, & change He macth, that lond from lond be not to strange.
1456. Coventry Leet Bk., 294. To be estraunged from his Crafte … and to be reputed & holden as straunge from eny benyvolence of this Cite.
1577. Hanmer, Anc. Eccl. Hist., Euseb., VI. xxxii. 112. Beryllus … went about to establyshe forrayne and straunge doctrine from the fayth.
7. Unknown, unfamiliar; not known, met with, or experienced before. Const. to.
13[?]. K. Alis., 4817. Hy ledden hym … In the straungest peryl of Inde.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 252. In strange place and doun thei lihte And take a chambre.
c. 1391. Chaucer, Astrol., ii. § 17. Rubric, To knowe the verrey degree of any maner sterre straunge or vnstraunge after his longitude.
1500–20. Dunbar, Poems, xiv. 9. So nyce array, so strange to thair abbay.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. iii. 45. As ȝow art careyt tyll ane strange cost [L. ignota ad litora vectum].
1551. Recorde, Pathw. Knowl., To Rdr. Straung paths ar not troden al truly at the first.
1603. Shaks., Meas. for M., IV. ii. 209. You know the Charracter I doubt not, and the Signet is not strange to you?
1611. Bible, Transl. Pref., ¶ 5. Euen S. Hierome himselfe calleth the Hebrew tongue barbarous, belike because it was strange to so many.
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 260. Strange things are ever best liked.
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), II. 567. Until they become familiar with nurse and mamma, and then they take violent distaste at strange faces.
1830. Greville, Mem. (1874), II. 29. The next Parliament … is besides very ill composed—full of boys and all sorts of strange men.
1842. Tennyson, Morte D’Arthur, 238. Among new men, strange faces, other minds.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Strange Sail, a vessel heaving in sight, of which the particulars are unknown.
1889. Universal Rev., 15 Feb., 251. One good jump on a strange horse shows standard horsemanship.
† 8. Of a kind that is unfamiliar or rare; unusual, uncommon, exceptional, singular, out of the way. Obs. (Merged in 10.)
13[?]. Coer de L., 268. Kyng Rychard gan hym dysguyse In a ful strange queyntyse.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 116. And forsoth I couth noght So strange Inglis as þai wroght.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, Pref. 4. In this werke .i. seke na straunge ynglis, bot lyghtest and commonest.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Anel. & Arc., 202. The kynde of mannes herte is to delyte In thing that straunge is.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 89. Strange aventures forto seche, He rod the Marches al aboute.
1412–20. Lydg., Chron. Troy, II. 4187. The straunge metis, þe manere of þe seruyse, I haue noon englische al for to deuyse.
1553. T. Wilson, Rhet., III. 86. This should first be learned, yt we neuer affect any straunge ynkehorne termes, but so speake as is commonly receiued.
1554–5. in Feuillerat, Revels Q. Mary (1914), 173. Verey fayer quaint and strange attier.
1585. T. Washington, trans. Nicholay’s Voy., IV. xxv. 141. Skins of al sorts, of liuely colours, straunge and diuers aboue al … in the world.
1663. Heath, Flagellum (1672), 24. And all by such uncouth and strang passes, such unexpected … contingency of things.
9. Exceptionally great (in degree, intensity, amount, etc.), extreme. (Now tending to merge in 10.)
c. 1380. Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 454. But þis abusioun were to straunge.
1573–80. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 62. Sea rages in winter be sodainly strange.
1585. T. Washington, trans. Nicholay’s Voy., II. xv. 50. The last [earthquake] … was so straunge and fearful for the space of xviii. dayes continually.
1606. Shaks., Ant. & Cl., II. ii. 157. I did not think to draw my Sword ’gainst Pompey, For he hath laid strange courtesies, and great Of late vpon me.
1663. Patrick, Pilgrim, xxvi. The ensuing part of the road was very dangerous,… and of a strange length.
1719. De Foe, Crusoe, I. (Globe), 227. His Eyes sparkled, and his Countenance discover’d a strange Eagerness. Ibid., 300. Taking Devilish long Strides, and shuffling along at a strange Rate.
1752. Foote, Taste, I. i. I have a strange Mind to leave you to yourselves.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xxxiii. Strange was the courage and address which he displayed in his pursuits.
1828. Carr, Craven Gloss., Strange, great. ‘A strange deal.’
1849. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. II. 195. The fall of the Hydes had excited throughout England strange [1858 ed., extreme] alarm and indignation.
1875. Jowett, Plato (ed. 2), IV. 33. The aspiration after good has often lent a strange power to evil.
b. quasi-adv., qualifying an adj.: Very, extremely. Also strange and —. Now dial.
1667. Wood, Life (O.H.S.), II. 102. March 6,… began the strange cold weather with great winds.
1669. Sturmy, Mariner’s Mag., I. ii. 17. The Sea breaks strange and dangerous.
1888. Fenn, Dick o’ the Fens, 133. I ’ve got a straänge nice lot o’ bait. Ibid., 160. I ’m straänge and glad you ’ve caught him.
10. Unfamiliar, abnormal or exceptional to a degree that excites wonder or astonishment; difficult to take in or account for; queer, surprising, unaccountable.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, V. 120. I wot yow þenketh straunge, No wonder is, for it is to yow newe, Thaqueyntaunce of þese Troians to chaunge For folk of Grece þat ye neuere knewe.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 24. Me thoghte I syh upon a Stage Wher stod a wonder strange ymage.
1461. Paston Lett., II. 39. The gydyng of youre adversary hath been in many causez ryght straunce.
1549. Latimer, Ploughers (Arb.), 29. And nowe I would aske a straung question.
1568. Grafton, Chron., II. 27. Many straunge and wonderfull sightes were seene this present yere in the skie.
1610. Shaks., Temp., V. i. 242. This is as strange a Maze, as ere men trod.
1620. I. C., Two Merry Milk-maids, IV. i. L 3. But this is very strange. Fre. But not so strange as true, I am a witnesse of it.
1779. Mirror, No. 57. They complained that I was a strange fellow, who hated company.
1782. Miss Burney, Cecilia, IV. ii. Will you not think me very strange if I should take the liberty to consult you upon some business?
1823. Byron, Juan, XIV. ci. ’Tis strange—but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction.
1842. Browning, Pied Piper, v. ‘Come in!’—the Mayor cried, looking bigger: And in did come the strangest figure!
1860. Tyndall, Glac., I. xv. 103. It seemed strange that a man should be there alone.
1875. Jowett, Plato (ed. 2), I. 188. The professors of education are strange beings.
absol. 1815. Shelley, Alastor, 112. Whatsoe’er of strange Sculptured on alabaster obelisk,… Dark Ethiopia in her desert hills Conceals.
1839. T. Mitchell, Frogs of Aristoph., Introd. p. cvi., note. Æschylus, loved exceedingly the strange and the exciting.
† b. To think (it) strange of (or concerning): to be surprised at. Obs.
1585. T. Washington, trans. Nicholay’s Voy., I. xvii. 19 b. He had vnderstanding, that the Frigate … was of Malta, whereof he thought very straunge [Fr. ce qu’il trouuoit estrange & mauuais].
1611. Bible, 1 Pet. iv. 12. Beloued, thinke it not strange [Gr. μὴ ξενίζεσθε] concerning the fiery triall, which is to try you.
c. Strange to say, tell, etc., used parenthetically: cf. SAY v.1 11. Similarly strange enough.
[1576. Gascoigne, Steele Gl. (Arb.), 68. Strange tale to tel: all officers be blynde.]
1697. Dryden, Æneis, II. 930. While I held my Son,… Strange to relate, from young Iulus Head A lambent Flame arose.
1853. Kane, Grinnell Exp., xxii. (1856), 170. Strange enough, during the night, Captain Austin … entered the same little indentation.
1859. FitzGerald, Omar, lx. And, strange to tell, among that Earthen Lot Some could articulate, while others not.
1862. Miss Braddon, Lady Audley, viii. Strange to say, George Talboys, who very seldom observed anything, took particular notice of this place.
d. quasi-int. ‘An expression of wonder’ (J.); ‘an elliptical expression for it is strange’ (W., 1828).
c. 1670. Waller, St. James’s Park, Poems (1722), 163. Strange! what Extremes shou’d thus preserve the Snow, High on the Alps, or in deep Caves below.
1694. Locke, Treat. Govt. (ed. 2), I. xi. § 147. Strange! that Fatherly Authority should be the only Original of government, and yet all Mankind not know it; and Stranger yet, that [etc.].
1725. [see TWEEDLE-.].
† 11. Of persons: a. Unfriendly; having the feelings alienated. b. Distant or cold in demeanor; reserved; not affable, familiar, or encouraging; uncomplying, unwilling to accede to a request or desire. Obs.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 50. Olaf in Norweie … bare him ouer strange to þe kyng Knoute.
a. 1366[?]. Chaucer, Rom. Rose, 1065. These losengers thorough flaterye Haue maad folk ful straunge be There hem ought be pryue.
1423. James I., Kingis Q., cii. And though I was vnto ȝour lawis strange, By ignorance, and noght by felonye.
1509. Hawes, Past. Pleas., xxxiv. (Percy Soc.), 173. Be straunge unto hym, as ye knowe nothyng The perfite cause of his true commyng.
1538. Elyot, Dict. Addit., Auersus, straunge, vnacquaynted.
a. 1568. A. Scott, Poems (S. T. S.), xxi. 18. I fand hir of ane staffage kynd, Bath staitly, strange, and he.
1592. Shaks., Rom. & Jul., II. ii. 102. I should haue beene more strange, I must confesse.
a. 1593. Marlowe, Edw. II., II. iv. 1162. 1f he be straunge and not regarde my wordes.
1633. Rowley, Match at Midn., III. i. F 4 b. I was strange, in the nice timerous temper of a Maid.
1700. Congreve, Way of World, IV. v. Mil. … Let us never Visit together, nor go to a Play together, But let us be very strange and well bred.
1763. Churchill, Night, 87. The strange reserve, the proud affected state Of upstart knaves grown rich, and fools grown great.
† c. Sparing of (one’s favor). Obs.
1548. Hall, Chron., Edw. V., 3 b. Some were reconsiled and growen into his fauoure, of the whiche he was neuer straunge, when it was with true herte demaunded.
† d. To make oneself strange: to be distant or unfriendly. Obs.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 144. He [sc. Nebuchadnezzar] kneleth in his wise and braieth, To seche merci and assaieth His god, which made him nothing strange, Whan that he sih his pride change. Ibid., III. 195. And for he wolde his herte glade, He lihte and made him nothing strange.
1566. Painter, Palace Pleas. (1569), I. 232 b. Myne aduise is, that by litle and litle, you do make your selfe straunge, and vse no more your wonted grace vnto him.
† e. To look strange: to look at a person as if one did not know him. Obs.
1590. Shaks., Com. Err., V. i. 295. Why looke you strange on me? you know me well. Ibid. (c. 1600), Sonn., lxxxix. 8. I will acquaintance strangle and looke strange.
12. Of a person: Unfamiliar or unacquainted with something (specified or implied); † inexperienced or unversed in; fresh or unaccustomed to; unpractised or unskilled at.
1561. T. Hoby, trans. Castiglione’s Courtier, II. (1577), H vi b. And whan he hath it [promotion], let him not shewe himselfe new or straunge in it.
1590. Shaks., Com. Err., II. ii. 151. In Ephesus I am but two houres old, As strange vnto your towne, as to your talke. Ibid. (1607), Timon, IV. iii. 56. I know thee well: But in thy Fortunes am vnlearn’d, and strange.
1770. Luckombe, Hist. Printing, 323. An understanding Pressman knows … how to give a strange joyner and smith instructions to make a Press.
1868. Browning, Ring & Bk., II. VI. 86. Though as strange at the work As fribble must be.
1911. Concise Oxf. Dict., s.v., [I] am strange to the work.
† 13. To make (it) strange: to make difficulties, refuse to assent or comply, be reluctant or unwilling; to hold back, keep a stand-off attitude; to be distant or unfriendly; to affect coyness; to pretend not to understand; to affect or feel surprise, dislike, indignation, etc. Const. of (= about) a matter, etc.; to (do something); also to make strange at. Obs. a. To make it strange.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Reeve’s T., 60. And straunge he made it of hir mariage. Ibid. (c. 1386), Frankl. T., 495. He made it straunge, and swoor, so god hym saue, Lasse than a thousand pound he wolde nat haue.
c. 1440. Gesta Rom., xlix. 220. What! deer love, whi makest þow hit nowe so straunge to me?
c. 1530. Ld. Berners, Arth. Lyt. Brit. (1814), 351. Though she make it straunge & deny you at the fyrst, yet be not ashamed therwith, & she shall loue you the better.
1566. Painter, Palace Pleas. (1575), I. 249 b. The husbande hearinge him saye so, commaunded his wyfe to kisse him, which she did although she made it straunge, either for the Lordes desire or for husbands request to do the same.
1591. Shaks., Two Gent., I. ii. 102. She makes it strange, but she would be best pleas’a To be so angred with another Letter.
b. To make strange. Const. at, of.
1456–7. Paston Lett., I. 406. Whan he maket straunge to ley down the condempnacion.
1549. Somerset, etc., in Strype, Eccl. Mem. (1721), II. II. 102. If they shal make strange to have the same [treaty] so confirmed.
a. 1553. Udall, Royster D., V. vi. (Arb.), 84. R. Thei wer not angry then. M. Yes at first, and made strange.
1565. Cooper, Thesaurus, s.v. Delicium, Delicias facere, to make strange and dally, because he would be intreated.
1598. Chapman, Blinde Beg. Alexandria, D 2 b. Therefore beautious Ladie make not strange, To take a freind and adde vnto thy Ioyes.
1602. Rowlands, Greenes Ghost, 46. Maister Doctor at the first made strange of the matter, and seemed verie loth to deale in it.
1633. Ford, ’Tis Pity, II. i. Sir, now you know my house, pray make not strange.
1655. trans. Sorel’s Com. Hist. Francion, IX. 18. This brown lasse did make a request to the Shepherd for her, but at the first he seemed to stand off, and to make strange thereat.
1727. De Foe, Hist. Appar., viii. (1840), 134. However, she made still strange of it.
1773. C. Dibdin, Deserter, I. vii. How strange you make of this matter!
II. absol., passing into sb.
† 14. A strange person, stranger; in pl. sense, strangers. Also rarely in pl. form. Obs.
Trevisa has straungene as genit. pl.
a. 1325. MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 31 b. Felonies i don to straunge.
c. 1325. Prose Ps. xciii. 6. Hij slowen wydowes and straunge.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, II. 411 (Campsall MS.). Allas what shulde straunge to me don When he þat for my best frend y wende [etc.].
1387. Trevisa, Higden, V. 321. In holy place I now reste in straungene londe.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 2975. Þou couet to se Þat straunge, þat was stoute.
c. 1400. Laud Troy Bk., 7182. Ȝe may ȝit kyng Thoas chaunge For on of oure or for som strange.
1477. in Engl. Miscell. (Surtees, 1890), 27. Item William Panter … maid afray of ij stranghis.
† 15. pl. News. Obs. rare–1.
a. 1500. Coventry Corpus Chr. Plays, II. 4. Where nevis and strangis be cum of lately, Affermyng the seyng of old profecie.
III. 16. Comb., forming adjs.
a. parasynthetic, as strange-plumaged, -tongued. b. prefixed as compl. to pres. pples., as strange-looking, -sounding; † c. adverbially, as strange-achieved, -composed, -digested, etc. Obs.
1534. More, Comf. agst. Trib., III. xx. Wks. 1246/1. He may be a minstrell & make melodye you wotte wel with some other instrument, some straunge fashioned peraduenture, that neuer was seene before.
1549. Coverdale, etc., Erasm. Par. Eph., Prol. ¶ j. So diligent to continue & aduaunce their popyshe pryuate masses & other straunge tounged seruice.
1597. Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., IV. v. 72. For this, they haue ingrossed and pyl’d vp The canker’d heapes of strange-atchieved Gold. Ibid. (1601), Jul. C., I. iii. 33. Indeed, it is a strange disposed time.
1607. Tourneur, Rev. Trag., I. i. A 3. Some strange digested fellow … Of ill-contented nature. Ibid. Ile be that strange composed fellow.
1627. May, Lucan, I. B 1. Strange formed Meteors the thicke ayre had bred.
1756. Home, Douglas, II. (1757), 28. The red moon … Cross’d and divided by strange-colour’d clouds.
1814. Scott, Diary, 10 Aug., in Lockhart (1837), III. iv. 171. One of their boats comes off, a strange-looking thing without an entire plank in it.
1820. W. Irving, Sketch Bk. (1859), 53. Some strange-favored being.
1842. Borrow, Bible in Spain, xxv. They were conversing with each other in a strange sounding dialect.
1859. Tennyson, Elaine, 796. Under the strange-statued gate.
1868–70. Morris, Earthly Par., III. 75. Among strange-plumaged bird, Strange-fruited tree, and strange-clad maid.
