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straddling |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straddled}; p. pr & vb n. {Straddling}.] [Freq. from the root of stride.] 1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart. 2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Straddling \Strad"dling\, a. Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See {Straddle}, v. i., and {Straddle}, v. t., 3. --Knight.
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