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Clash :: Clash (v. i.) To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

Tinkle :: Tinkle (n.) A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal..

Efface :: Efface (v. t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin..

Ferule :: Ferule (n.) A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment..

Push :: Push (v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw..

Jainism :: "Jainism (n.) The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each..

Touch :: Touch (v.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch..

Pooping :: Pooping (n.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.

Knock :: Knock (v. t.) To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table..

Appulsion :: Appulsion (n.) A driving or striking against; an appulse.

Crepane :: Crepane (n.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life..

Thunderstriking :: Thunderstriking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thunderstrik.

Beating :: Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages..

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..

Feat :: Feat (n.) A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity..

Clap :: Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.

Ping :: Ping (n.) The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.

Recussion :: Recussion (n.) The act of beating or striking back.

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