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strig

n. 1 (context botany English) A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant. 2 The tang of a sword-blade. 3 (context UK dialectal English) The string of a button.

Usage examples of "strig".

Geoff Sterling, which saved him the trouble of hunting the strig down on his own.

A moment later, the rear passenger door opened, and Selim pushed the strig into the car ahead of him.

The strig pulled up a chair and took a seat without noticing how obedient he was.

Her outer senses were blinded while she straggled to keep the hungry strig out of her head.

Which made him technically a strig, beyond the protection of strigoi law and technically lawful prey for the Enforcer of the City to take at her leisure.

Maybe not reasonable, because an immortal being who wanted to die seemed completely unreasonable to her, but she supposed his acting like a strig was logical.

He had several other reasons for letting the strigs hunt the girl if Sterling was stupid enough to want a kill instead of a companion.

Jager must have interrupted a meeting at one of the clubs strigs went to.

He needed to see that she was safe, and killing the other strigs would take too much time.

He should be out patrolling the streets, keeping death-starved strigs and nesters in line.

Hunting Jager, you had a notion about taking out all the other strigs in town for their Hunt.

Even strigs, the loners that lived outside the nests, sought out contact.

Maybe a few lonesome strigs, but the nearest nest to Seattle in Washington state was in Carnation.

Enforcers did anything other than slay stray strigs and so-called Law breakers.