Strictly
(Strict"ly), adv. In a strict manner; closely; precisely.
Strictness
(Strict"ness), n. Quality or state of being strict.
Stricture
(Stric"ture) n. [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture.
See Strict.]
1. Strictness. [Obs.]
A man of stricture and firm abstinence.
Shak. 2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
[I have] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage.
Hammond. 4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic
stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. Arbuthnot.
Strictured
(Stric"tured) a. (Med.) Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
Strid
(Strid) n. [See Stride.] A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if
it might be crossed at a stride. [Prov. Eng.] Howitt.
This striding place is called the Strid.
Wordsworth. Stride
(Stride) v. t. [imp. Strode (Obs. Strid ); p. p. Stridden (Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.]
[AS. stridan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. strida to strive, D. strijden to strive, to
contend, G. streiten, OHG. stritan; of uncertain origin. Cf. Straddle.]
1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
Mars in the middle of the shining shield
Is graved, and strides along the liquid field.
Dryden. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Stride
(Stride), v. t.
1. To pass over at a step; to step over. "A debtor that not dares to stride a limit." Shak.
2. To straddle; to bestride.
I mean to stride your steed.
Shak. Stride
(Stride), n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine
stride. Pope.
God never meant that man should scale the heavens
By strides of human wisdom.
Cowper. Strident
(Stri"dent) a. [L. stridens, -entis, p. pr. of stridere to make a grating or creaking noise.] Characterized
by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray.
