striddlen.
/ˈstrɪd(ə)l/ A stride.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > with long steps > an act of
stridec1200
strithec1400
striddle1721
1721 A. Ramsay Elegy Patie Birnie xi How pleasant was 't to see thee diddle And dance sae finely..With nose forgainst a lass's middle,..With cutty steps to ding their striddle, And gar them fag.
1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 42 Losh! he lamps at the rate o' four yards at a striddle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
striddlev.
/ˈstrɪd(ə)l/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. intransitive. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (intransitive)] > legs
striddle1530
to shed the shanksc1553
straddle1565
stroddle1607
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 732/2 I stande a strydling with my legges abrode, je me esquarquille.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Li/1 To Striddil, varicari.
a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 19 Strydand and stridland like Robin red-brest.
c1640 Gramercie Good Scot in Maidment Scot. Ballads (1868) I. 340 Where are our proud Prelates that stridled so wide.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Striddle, to straddle.
2. To stride.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with long steps
stridec1200
lamper1727
striddle1786
stroam1796
sling1808
stag1823
1786 R. Burns Poems 204 Sin' I could striddle owre a rig.
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 69 It's nae pleugh of the flesh that the bonny lad bairn..sall e'er striddle between the stilts o'—its the pleugh of the spirit.
Compounds
striddle-legs adv. astride.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adverb] > legs
striddlingc1440
lirylongc1460
a (also on) cock-horse1564
cock-horse1566
stridelong1609
astride1664
stride-legged1688
a-straddle1703
stride-leg1809
straddle-legged1817
striddle-legs1825
straddle-leg1836
straddleback1839
straddle1857
strideways1859
straddle-wise1865
straddle-fashion1873
straddleways1919
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Striddle-legs, astride.
1900 ‘R. Guthrie’ Kitty Fagan 84 One man..sat ‘striddle-legs’ on the chimney, to the huge delight of the juveniles.
Derivatives
ˈstriddling adj.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adjective] > legs
striddling1638
thwarted1655
straddle-legged1817
1638–9 Caveat for Scot. in Maidment Scot. Pasquils (1868) 65 With Gallaway Tam: that squint-eyed stridling asse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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