rare. Also 9 Sc. straik. [? related to STRAKE v.1] intr. To go quickly; to travel.
1735. Somerville, Chase, III. 445. The gen’rous Steed, that strokes along O’er rough, o’er smooth.
1823. Tennant, Card. Beaton, I. iii. 28. We ’el better slip awa’ soon to our beds the night, that we may rise wi’ the day-daw, if we ’re to straik down to the coast.
