单词 | stroddle |
释义 | stroddlev. Now regional (see English Dial. Dict.). intransitive. = straddle v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with legs wide apart stridec700 straddle1565 stroddle1607 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 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > keep legs wide apart or close together to go narrow1646 straddle1685 stroddle1702 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois i. 1 Vnskilfull statuaries, who suppose (In forging a Colossus) if they make him Stroddle enough..Their worke is goodly. 1630 T. Randolph Aristippus, Pedler 31 I haue strodled ouer three of the terrestrial globes with my Geometricall rambling. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 71 Then Apollyon strodled quite over the whole breadth of the way. View more context for this quotation 1702 London Gaz. No. 3867/4 Stolen.., a black Mare..stroddles in her walk as if her Back was broke. Derivatives stroddling adj. (in quot. figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > turning aside from a course of action deviantc1400 offward1563 non-resident1616 stroddling1647 sidestepping1902 1647 Maids Petition 1 To avoid all strodling or stragling intentions or actions on dayes consecrate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1607 |
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