stritv.
/strɪt/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
intransitive. To walk proudly, strut.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in stately or affected manner
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1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. iii. vii. 65 Yet for all that how stifly strits he by, All trapped in the new-found brauerie.
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 100 The Goats stritting along with the Sheep.
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 152.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.)
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