[I have] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of
reflection on all and every passage.
Hammond.
4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body.
Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and
Spasmodic. Arbuthnot.
Stric"tured (?), a. (Med.) Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured
duct.
Strid (?), n. [See Stride.] A narrow 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.
Stride (?), v. t. [imp. Strode (?) (Obs. Strid (&?;)); p. p. Stridden
(?) (Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.] [AS. strdan to stride, to
strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. strda to strive, D. strijden to
strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. strtan; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Straddle.] 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or
pompous manner.
Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides
along the liquid field.
Dryden.