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strid


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strid  \Strid\,  n.  [See  {Stride}.] 
  A  narrow  passage  between  precipitous  rocks  or  banks,  which 
  looks  as  if  it  might  be  crossed  at  a  stride.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
  --Howitt. 
 
  This  striding  place  is  called  the  Strid.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stride  \Stride\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Strode}(Obs.  {Strid});  p.  p. 
  {Stridden}(Obs.  {Strid});  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Striding}.]  [AS. 
  str[=i]dan  to  stride,  to  strive;  akin  to  LG  striden,  OFries 
  str[=i]da  to  strive,  D.  strijden  to  strive,  to  contend,  G. 
  streiten,  OHG.  str[=i]tan;  of  uncertain  origin.  Cf 
  {Straddle}.] 
  1.  To  walk  with  long  steps,  especially  in  a  measured  or 
  pompous  manner. 
 
  Mars  in  the  middle  of  the  shining  shield  Is  graved, 
  and  strides  along  the  liquid  field.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  stand  with  the  legs  wide  apart;  to  straddle. 




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