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Miscue :: Miscue (n.) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired..

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

Skelp :: Skelp (n.) A blow; a smart stroke.

Line :: Line (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe..

Down :: Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway..

Clap :: Clap (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow..

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

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.

Flip-flap :: Flip-flap (adv.) With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy..

Reredemain :: Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

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

Counterstroke :: Counterstroke (n.) A stroke or blow in return.

Upstroke :: Upstroke (n.) An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made..

Excursion :: Excursion () Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.].

Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes..

Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity..

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