4. Something that stands alone or by itself.

Strag"gling (?), a. & n. from Straggle, v.

Strag"gling*ly, adv. In a straggling manner.

||Strag"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Stragula (#). [L., a spread or covering,

||from sternere to spread out.] (Zoöl.) The mantle, or pallium, of a

||bird.