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/stɹɪd/ · noun
(UK, Northern England, dated) A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed..
The pair have reached that fearful chasm, How tempting to bestride! For lordly Wharf is there pent in With rocks on either side. This striding-place is called THE STRID, A name which it took of yore: A thousand years hath it borne that name, And shall a thousand more.
On through narrow strids and roaring cataracts, where Tom was deafened and blinded for a moment by the rushing waters
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Strid means (UK, Northern England, dated) A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed..
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The pair have reached that fearful chasm, How tempting to bestride! For lordly Wharf is there pent in With rocks on either side. This striding-place is called THE STRID, A name which it took of yore: A thousand years hath it borne that name, And shall a thousand more.
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