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strī̆d(e
n.
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A step taken in walking; also
fig.
; (b) a pace as a measure of distance or height; also, ?the space covered by a step [quot. c1380, 1st];
half a strid
, any distance, at all; (c) one of the steps…
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