Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stram \Stram\, v. t. [Cf. LG. strammen to strain, straiten,
   stretch, D. stram strained, tight, G. stramm.]
   To spring or recoil with violence. [Prov. Eng.]

Stram \Stram\, v. t.
   To dash down; to beat. [Prov. Eng.]