stravaig
An act of strolling or wandering aimlessly; a ramble, a stroll, a wander.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
An act of strolling or wandering aimlessly; a ramble, a stroll, a wander.
They cursed, they swore, they drank, they danced, they fought—first wi' whatever folk happened to fa' in wi' them on the stravaig—and then, castin' out amang theirsells, wi' ane anither, till they had a' three black een—and siccan noses!
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(transitive) To stroll or wander aimlessly on (a road, etc.); to ramble.
[I]n them days, you see the people used to be hanged outside o' the town, [I]n them days they did not attind to the comforts o' the people at all, but put them into a cart, all as one as a conthrairy pig goin' to the market, and stravaig…
Origin: Possibly borrowed from , probably an form of , influenced by . Extravage is a (whence extravagate), from (ultimately from ) + vagārī (the of vagor, from vagus (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the of -ō)). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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