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Recussion :: Recussion (n.) The act of beating or striking back.

Allision :: Allision (n.) The act of dashing against, or striking upon..

Stunsail :: Stunning (a.) Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry..

Detent :: Detent (n.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking..

Rest :: Rest (n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.

Clack :: Clack (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object..

Percutient :: Percutient (a.) Striking; having the power of striking.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.

Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like..

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.

Bell-faced :: Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.

Anticlimax :: Anticlimax (n.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect..

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..

Ferule :: Ferule (n.) A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment..

Slash :: Slash (v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

Baseball :: Baseball (n.) A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball..

Drama :: Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage..

Swage :: Swage (n.) A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge..

Arresting :: Arresting (a.) Striking; attracting attention; impressive.

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