10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «STRIDELEGS»
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1
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
STRIDELEGS, adv. Astrid'e, astraddle. 7 To ride sh'idolegs, to ride astride as a
man does on 9 "'1' RV horseback; as opposed to iidtng'sidéfegs, which denotes
the female mode, S. ' —Stride-legs,' on a bonganstake, Sat Cupid, wild an' clover.
2
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
34, a painter, whilst following his employment twelve months ago, fell from a
ladder, alighting “stridelegs ” on the branch of a tree. Abscesses formed in
perinaaum and scrotum'; and as he experienced great difliculty in passing his
water, ...
3
The Hunter's Feast,or Conversations Around the Camp Fire
I hed crawled up to one eend, an' got stridelegs ; b~t as the log dipped
considerable, I wur still over the hams in the water. " I thort I mout be more
comfortable towards the middle, an' wur about to pull the thing more uuder me,
when all at once I ...
She aye was sae happy, an' canty, an' cheery, Tauld auld-farrant stories that
frighten'd us a'; She aye kept us laughin', and never seem'd weary, But noo we'll
be dull — for Auld Nannie's awa'. Aft ha'e I sat stridelegs across her auld shuthers
, ...
5
A thousand miles in the Rob Roy canoe on rivers and lakes of ...
I sat stridelegs on the deck of the boat near its stern, and was thus floated down
until the bow, projecting out of the water, went above a ridge of rocks, and the
boat grounded. Thus I received the shock against my legs (hanging in the water),
...
6
Edinburgh Medical Journal
34, a painter, whilst following his employment twelve months ago, fell from a
ladder, alighting “stridelegs ” on the branch of a tree. Abscesses formed in
perinaeum and scrotum; and as he experienced great difficulty in passing his
water, ...
7
The Anglo-American Magazine
I had crawled up at one eend, an' got stridelegs ; but as the log dipped
considerable, I war still over the hams in the water. I thort I mout be more
comfortable towards the middle, an' war about to pull the thing more under me,
when all at once I ...
8
Sentimental Tommy: The Story of His Boyhood
So he stood stridelegs over Francie, who whimpered, "I wouldna have struck this
one if that one hadna prayed for me. It wasna likely I would stand that." "You shall
stand it," replied Tommy, and turning to Elspeth, who had risen from her knees, ...
9
Treasure Island (Extended Annotated Edition):
Alongside lay one of the gigs, Silverinthe sternsheets—him I could always
recognize—while a couple of men were leaning over the stern bulwarks, oneof
themwitha redcap—the very rogue that I had seen some hoursbefore stridelegs
upon ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2014
... fortunes warily ; for they say there has been wild wark there since we left it, —
cracking of coronets, crushing of mitres, and kicking of crowns. Liberty sits half-
drunk and half- naked stridelegs o'er the Louvre, and gives royalty perilous
knocks.
