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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Straddle  \Strad"dle\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Straddled};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Straddling}.]  [Freq.  from  the  root  of  stride.] 
  1.  To  part  the  legs  wide;  to  stand  or  to  walk  with  the  legs 
  far  apart. 
 
  2.  To  stand  with  the  ends  staggered;  --  said  of  the  spokes  of 
  a  wagon  wheel  where  they  join  the  hub. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Straddling  \Strad"dling\,  a. 
  Applied  to  spokes  when  they  are  arranged  alternately  in  two 
  circles  in  the  hub.  See  {Straddle},  v.  i.,  and  {Straddle},  v. 
  t.,  3.  --Knight. 




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