striddle

The black-haired one mounted a stone, and pointing her finger alternately at herself and at her sister, went through the incantation: "Eevery, ivery, ickery Ann, Fillacy, fallacy, Nicholas Dan; Queevery, quavery, English navy, Come striddle, come straddle, come out!"

It’s beginning to get a bit fresh, sir, and if I was you I’d striddle a bit, so as to take a bit better hold of the deck with your footsies.

She’s gien me monie a jirt an’ fleg, Sin’ I could striddle owre a rig; But, by the L—d, tho’ I should beg Wi’ lyart pow, I’ll laugh, an’ sing, an’ shake my leg, As lang’s I dow!

She 's gien me mony a jirt an' fleg, Sin' I could striddle owre a rig; But, by the Lord, tho' I should beg Wi' lyart pow, I'll laugh an' sing, an' shake my leg, As lang's I dow!