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strade, straid, straide, streide, stridden, striddle, stride, stridelins, strides, stridlins, strud$,
stride [strəid]
n. A stride. The setting apart of the legs in walking etc.
pl. strides A pair of trousers.
v. To stride.
pt. strade [stred]
pp. stridden [ˈstrɪdən]
 
striddle [strɪdl]
n. A standing or sitting with legs apart.
v. To straddle, stride.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stridelins [l-ɪnz]: Astride.
stridin: Striding.
strife [strəif]
n. Discord, angry contention, dispute.
straeffin, streffin, striffan, striffen, striffin,
striffin [ˈstrɪfɪn, NN.b. ˈstrɛfɪn]
n. A thin skin membrane or film. A long thin strip.
stran, strant, strin, strind, strynd,
strind [strɪn(d), MN. strin(d)]
n. A very small stream, a trickle. The run of spilt liquid. A squirt of milk from a cow's teat.
v. To spray or trickle.
stran, strin, strind, strine, stryn, strynd,
strind [strəin(d)]
n. Descent, lineage, the inherited qualities associated with that. The chalaza of an egg.
deilstrings, deil-strings, flingstring, fling-string, flingstrings, fling-strings, strang, streeng, streing, streng, string, stringin, strung,
string [strɪŋ]
n. String. I.Sh. A strong tide or current off a headland or in a strait.
dim. stringle A thread, string or row of objects tied together, a long, trailing piece or strip of anything.
v. To string.
pt. strang
pp. strung, string adj. stringit Stringed.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
deil-strings: WC. The sea lace Chorda filum.
fling-string: The cord of a spinning wheel.
stringin: Stringing lace.
tak the fling-strings: To sulk or turn sullen and resentful.
strinkle, strinkler, strinklin,
strinkle [strɪŋkl]
n. A sprinkling, a scattering or strewing. A small quantity.
v. To sprinkle, scatter, strew something in, over, upon. To besprinkle something with.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
strinkler [ˈstrɪŋklər]: A sprinkler.
strinklin: A small quantity spread evenly.
strib, stribbin, stribbins, strip, strip$t, stripe, stripit, stripped, strippins, strippit, stript,
strip [strɪp]
v. To strip. To draw the last milk from the udder of a cow. To squeeze out with the fingers.
pt. pp. strippit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ootstrip: Outstrip.
strippins: The last milk drawn.
strib, strip, stripe, stripit, stripped, strippet, strippid, strippit,
strip [strɪp]
n. A stripe, a long, thin line of colour or light etc. A long narrow belt of trees. A young fellow, a youth, stripling.
v. To mark or ornament with stripes, or parallel lines. To variegate, to rib.
pt. pp. strippit adj. Marked or ornamented with stripes, variegated, ribbed.
stripe, stripey, stripie, striple, strypal, strype, strypey, strypie,
stripe [strəip]
n. A stripe. A small open drain, a rivulet, rill, a small channel crossing a sandy beach.
dim. stripie A bramble worm. SW. A red and yellow striped worm used as angling bait.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
striple: MN. Anything long and flexible. A tall, slender, somewhat handsome person. To hang in loose, awkward folds or tatters. To walk with long unsteady steps.

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