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astride

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Preposition
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a=stride

CIDE DICTIONARY

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

OXFORD DICTIONARY

astride, adv. & prep.
--adv.
1 (often foll. by of) with a leg on each side.
2 with legs apart.
--prep. with a leg on each side of; extending across.


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