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

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

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) Power; influence.

Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

Bloodstroke :: Bloodstroke (n.) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.

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

Strokeing :: Strokeed (imp. & p. p.) of Strok.

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.

Stroke :: 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..

Ictus :: Ictus (n.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc..

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..

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

Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To stroke with a claw.

Clock :: Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person..

Rasp :: Rasp (v.) A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file..

Stroking :: Stroking (n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke..

Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds..

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

Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures..

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