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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.

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..

Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..

Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..

Light :: Light (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.

Transverberate :: Transverberate (v. t.) To beat or strike through.

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)..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do..

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.

Flop :: Flop (v. t.) To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To strike.

Ague :: Ague (v. t.) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit..

Overstrike :: Overstrike (v. t.) To strike beyond.

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..

Stramash :: Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy..

Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce..

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock..

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..

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..

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