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Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke..

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

Deuce :: Deuce (n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned 40 all), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game..

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..

Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

Impact :: Impact (n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.

Apoplectical :: Apoplectical (a.) Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke..

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..

Squabash :: Squab (v. i.) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke..

Coy :: Coy (v. t.) To caress with the hand; to stroke.

Travel :: Travel (n.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve..

Trait :: Trait (v.) A stroke; a touch.

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

Trip :: Trip (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing..

Touch :: Touch (v.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Dingdong :: Dingdong (n.) The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light..

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

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

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