adv. [ Pref. a- + stride. ] With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Bestrode (Obs. or R.) Bestrid p. p. Bestridden Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding. ] [ AS. bestrīdan; pref. be- + strīdan to stride. ] 1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over [ 1913 Webster ]

That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. member of a secret mounted band in the southern U. S. after the Civil War, which committed acts of intimidation and revenge.
Syn. -- night rider. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ fromNitrogen. ] (Chem.) A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A riding out; an excursion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place for riding out. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who rides out on horseback, beyond the main group, e. g., as a scout. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. A servant on horseback attending a carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in striding. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stride over or beyond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rides over a post road to carry the mails. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Strode Obs. Strid ; p. p. Stridden Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding. ] [ AS. strīdan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. strīda to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. strītan; of uncertain origin. Cf. Straddle. ] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mars in the middle of the shining shield
Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To pass over at a step; to step over. “A debtor that not dares to stride a limit.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To straddle; to bestride. [ 1913 Webster ]

I mean to stride your steed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

God never meant that man should scale the heavens
By strides of human wisdom. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stridens, -entis, p. pr. of stridere to make a grating or creaking noise. ] Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. “A strident voice.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. tride lively, quick. ] Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace; -- a term used by sportsmen. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. tri- + Gr. &unr_; ten. So called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + Gr. de`katos tenth. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. tri-+ Gr. de`katos tenth + E. ethylene. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series, corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tridens, -entis; tri- (see Tri-) + dens tooth: cf. F. trident. See Tooth. ] 1. (Class Myth.) A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rom. Antiq.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A three-pronged fish spear. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geom.) A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trident bat (Zool.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat (Triaenops Persicus), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tridens. ] Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ NL. tridentatus. See Trident. ] Having three teeth; three-toothed. Lee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having three prongs; trident; tridentate; as, a tridented mace. [ R. ] Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tridentifer; tridens trident + ferre to bear. ] Bearing a trident. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. Tridentum Trent. ] Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city. [ 1913 Webster ]