n.
A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stride
v. t.
To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
v. t.
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
v. t.
To pass over at a step; to step over.
v. t.
To straddle; to bestride.
n.
The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
a.
Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
n.
A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise.
v. t.
To make a shrill, creaking noise
v. t.
to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.
n.
The act of stridulating.
n.
The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts.
n.
That which stridulates.
a.
Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation.
a.
Making a shrill, creaking sound.
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