Definition of stroke

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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..

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Strokeed :: Stroke (v. t.) Appetite.
Dent :: Dent (n.) A stroke; a blow.
Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..
Successive :: Successive (a.) Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer..
Pull :: Pull (n.) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters..
Etch :: Etch (v. t.) To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid..
Counterstroke :: Counterstroke (n.) A stroke or blow in return.
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke..
Clap :: Clap (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow..
Pat :: Pat (n.) A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint..
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..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To strike.
Hit :: Hit (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit..
Blow :: Blow (n.) A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword..
Uncial :: Uncial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style..
Stroking :: Stroking (n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation..
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