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[ Horace hath but more strictly spoke our thoughts. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5687. Milton, P. L., ii. 676. Hell trembled as he strode. Because th' acute, and the rect-Angles too, Stride not so wide as obtuse Angles doo. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Columnes. The arches, striding o'er the new-born stream. Burns , Verses Written in Ken more Inn. striding level, a spirit-level the frame of which carries at its two extremities inverted Y's below, so that it may be placed upon two concentric cylinders and straddle any small intervening projections. The striding level is a nece ary adjunct of the transit-instrument when this is used for determining time, and is used in many leveling instruments. II. trans. 1. To pa over at a step: as, to stride a ditch. Another, like an Embrian's sturdy Spouse, Strides all the Space her Petticoat allows. Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love, iii. 2. To sit astride on; bestride; straddle; ride upon. And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast. Shak ., Macbeth, i. 7. 22. stride (strīd), n. [ Simplicity flies away, and iniquity comes at long strides Sir T. Browne , Urn-Burial, Ded. upon us. Her voice theatrically loud, And masculine her stride. Pope , Imit. of Earl of Dorset. A lofty bridge, stepping from cliff to cliff with a single stride. Long fellow , Hyper i on, iii. 2. 2. The space measured or the ground covered B. Jonson , Poetaster, v. 1. by a long step, or between putting down one foot and raising the other. Betwixt them both was but a little stride , That did the house of Riche e from hell-mouth divide. Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 24. (c) Positively; definitely; stringently. Charge him strictly Not to proceed, but wait my farther pleasure. Dryden, Spanish Friar, iii. 3. (d) Rigorously; severely; without remi ion or indul gence; with close adherence to rule. I wish those of my blood that do offend Should be more strictly punish'd than my foes. Beau , and Fl . , Woman-Hater, iv. 1. (e) Exclusively; out-and-out; thoroughly. Cornwall was a strictly British land, with a British nomenclature, and a British speech which lingered on into the last century. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 149. strictne (strikt'nes), n. The state or quality of being strict, in any sense.