Definition of strike

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Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..

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Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (v. t.) To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
Yerk :: Yerk (v. t.) To strike or lash with a whip.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..
Knoll :: Knoll (v. t.) To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing..
Gnash :: Gnash (v. t.) To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth..
Thunderstrike :: Thunderstrike (v. t.) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning..
Whereret :: Whereret (v. t.) To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box. (the ear); as, to wherret a child..
Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock..
English :: English (v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Ten-strike :: Ten-strike (n.) Any quick, decisive stroke or act..
Lash :: Lash (v. i.) To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.
Striker :: Striker (n.) A wencher; a lewd man.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)..
Transverberate :: Transverberate (v. t.) To beat or strike through.
Bill :: Bill (v. i.) To strike; to peck.
Thump :: Thump (v. t.) To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound..
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