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Stroke :: Stroke (imp.) Struck.

Baff :: Baff (n.) A blow; a stroke.

Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings..

Ten-strike :: Ten-strike (n.) Any quick, decisive stroke or act..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

Flap :: Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing..

Coup :: Coup (n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

Recovery :: Recovery (n.) In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke..

Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail..

Understroke :: Understroke (v. t.) To underline or underscore.

Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell..

Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim..

Ceriph :: Ceriph (n.) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..

Smooth :: Smooth (n.) The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.

Hit :: Hit (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit..

Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Downstroke :: Downstroke (n.) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

Beat :: Beat (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse..

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