Definition of striking

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Striker (n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought..

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Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat..
Kitcat :: Kitcat (n.) A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat..
Bold :: Bold (n.) Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Emphatical :: Emphatical (a.) Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.
Percutient :: Percutient (a.) Striking; having the power of striking.
Hit :: Hit (n.) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit..
Ferule :: Ferule (n.) A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment..
Bandy :: Bandy (n.) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
Verberation :: Verberation (n.) The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
Dash :: Dash (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Fulgurite :: Fulgurite (n.) A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand; a lightning tube; also, the portion of rock surface fused by a lightning discharge..
Appulse :: Appulse (n.) A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against..
Splashboard :: Splash (n.) A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like..
Percussive :: Percussive (a.) Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force..
Eloquence :: Eloquence (n.) Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion..
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..
Stereoscope :: Stereopticon (n.) An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views..
Stich :: Sticcado (n.) An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks..
Tipping :: Tipping (n.) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing..
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