Definition of stroke

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Stroke (v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke..

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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..
Stroot :: Strook (n.) A stroke.
Strokesman :: Strokesman (pl. ) of Strokesma.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To strike.
Sideration :: Sideration (n.) The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis..
Peck :: Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument..
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..
Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..
Excursion :: Excursion () Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.].
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light..
Hit :: Hit (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail..
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..
Pat :: Pat (n.) A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap..
Impact :: Impact (n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..
Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death..
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..
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