verb. (venery).—To copulate: see RIDE.
1383. CHAUCER, The Canterbury Tales, (TYRWHITT), 9627, ‘The Marchantes Tale.’
| That he that night in armes wold hire STREINE | |
| Harder than ever Paris did Heleine. |
1601. SHAKESPEARE, Henry VIII., iv. 1.
| Our king has all the Indies in his arms, | |
| And more and richer, when he STRAINS that lady. |
TO STRAIN HARD, verb. phr. (B. E.)—‘To ly heavily.’
TO STRAIN ONE’S TATERS, verb. phr. (common).—To urinate: see PISS.
