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Cut :: Cut (v. i.) To make a stroke with a whip.

Inboard :: Inboard (a. & adv.) From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke..

Ronde :: Ronde (n.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look..

Toll :: Toll (v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person..

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..

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..

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..

Pelt :: Pelt (n.) A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Lick :: Lick (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking.

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..

Pat :: Pat (v. t.) To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog..

Wipe :: Wipe (n.) A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.

Bagging :: Bagging (n.) Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To strike.

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..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters..

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

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing.

Hit :: Hit (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

Stroke :: Strokeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strok.

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