n. A Scottish weight of straw, from 14 to 16 stone tron.
Word Usage
"Corse-Cleugh has panged it wi 'a kemple o' strae amaist, yet when the country's quiet, and the night very cauld, his Honour whiles creeps doun here to get a warm at the ingle, and a sleep among the blankets, and gangs awa in the morning."