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▪ I. striddle, n.|ˈstrɪd(ə)l|
[f. the verb.]
A stride.
1721Ramsay 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. 1835D. Webster Sc. Rhymes 42 (E.D.D.) Losh! he lamps at the rate o' four yards at a striddle.
▪ II. striddle, v. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈstrɪd(ə)l|
[Back-formation from striddling adv.]
1. intr. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
1530Palsgr. 732/2, I stande a strydling with my legges abrode, je me esquarquille. 1570Levins Manip. 128/12 To striddil, varicari. a1585Montgomerie Flyting 19 Strydand and stridland like Robin red-brest. c1640Gramercie Good Scot in Maidment Scot. Ballads (1868) I. 340 Where are our proud Prelates that stridled so wide. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Striddle, to straddle.
2. To stride.
1785Burns 2nd Epist. J. Lapraik ix, Sin' I could striddle owre a rig. 1821Scott Pirate iv, It's nae pleugh of the flesh that the bonny lad-bairn..sall e'er striddle between the stilts o'—it's the pleugh of the spirit.
3. Comb. striddle-legs adv., astride.
1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Striddle-legs, astride. 1900‘R. Guthrie’ Kitty Fagan 84 One man..sat ‘striddle-legs’ on the chimney, to the huge delight of the juveniles.
Hence ˈstriddling ppl. a.
1638–9Caveat for Scot. in Maidment Scot. Pasquils (1868) 65 With Gallaway Tam: that squint-eyed stridling asse. |
