Bestride: alternatives and connections

All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.

A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other sid…

A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and…

In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.

The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…

One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment;…

A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…

To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park.

Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.

A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.

A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.

To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.

A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs.…

An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It…

Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.

To sit astride of; to bestride.

Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…

To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over…