<blockquote>An <b>estrangement</b> from God. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>A long <b>estrangement</b> from better things. <i>South.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Estranger</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es*tran"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who estranges.</def>
<h1>Estrangle</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es*tran"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To strangle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Estrapade</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es`tra*pade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.</def>
<h1>Estray</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es*tray"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To stray.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Daniel.</i>
<h1>Estray</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es*tray"</hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray.</def>
<i>Burrill.</i>
<h1>Estre</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es"tre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>estre</ets> state, plan.]</ety> <def>The inward part of a building; the interior.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Estreat</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es*treat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>estraite</ets>, prop., an extract, fr. p. p. of <ets>estraire</ets> to extract, F. <ets>extraire</ets>, fr. L.<ets>extrahere</ets>. See <er>Extract</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.</def>
<i>Cowell.</i>
<cs><col>Estreat of a recognizance</col>, <cd>the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court.</cd></cs>
<i>Burrill.</i>
<h1>Estreat</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es*treat"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Estreated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Estreating</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.</def>
<h1>Estrepe</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es*trepe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>estreper</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste.</def>
<h1>Estrepement</h1> <Xpage=512>
<hw>Es*trepe"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF., damage, waste.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.</def>
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