Definition of strike

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Strike (v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.

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Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Clash :: Clash (v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.
Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor..
Dumfound :: Dumfound (v. t.) To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce..
Rapped :: Rapped () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to strike..
Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..
Striped :: Stripe (v. t.) To strike; to lash.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..
Clock :: Clock (n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes..
Ram :: Ram (n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like..
Chime :: Chime (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep..
Percutient :: Percutient (n.) That which strikes, or has power to strike..
Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder..
Hit :: Hit (v. i.) To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
Awe :: Awe (v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Wick :: Wick (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
Slash :: Slash (v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly..
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