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To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. Shak.

A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.

A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositæ, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.

ithout apparent exertion, as a bird. As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . . When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air. Shak.

A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal. The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, Then heaves them off the shoals. Dryden.

One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse. [Colloq.]

To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

w passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride. [Prov. Eng.] Howitt. This striding place is called the Strid. Wordsworth.

To take long strides in walking. [Prov. Eng.]

imp. of Stride.

A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in tricolored, tridentate.

Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident. [Obs.] "Jupiter's trisulc." Sir T. Browne.

d. Milton. His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen, Stalking with less unconscionable strides. Milton.