Noah Webster
Astray
ASTRA'Y, adverb [a and stray. See Stray.]
Out of the right way or proper place, both in a literal and figurative sense. In morals and religion, it signifies wandering from the path of rectitude, from duty and happiness.
Before I was afflicted I went astray Psalms 119:67.
Cattle go astray when they leave their proper owners or inclosures. See Deuteronomy 22:1.