Definition of strike

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Strike (v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields..

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Print :: Print (v. t.) To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book..
Tice :: Tice (n.) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
Bump :: Bump (v. t.) To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall..
Ghast :: Ghast (a.) To strike aghast; to affright.
Pash :: Pash (v. t.) To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces.
Aberration :: Aberration (n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
Box :: Box (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head..
Skelp :: Skelp (v. t.) To strike; to slap.
Strike :: Strike (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip..
Batten :: Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof..
Afflict :: Afflict (v. t.) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb..
Hammer :: Hammer (v. i.) To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively..
Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money..
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