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

Peck :: Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument..

Thud :: Thud (n.) A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth..

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..

By-stroke :: By-stroke (n.) An accidental or a slyly given stroke.

Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..

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

Hack :: Hack (v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post..

Stroker :: Stroke (v. t.) To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat..

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

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To give a finely fluted surface to.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy..

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

Slur :: Slur (n.) A mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato..

Lap :: Lap (n.) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below)..

Strokesman :: Strokesman (pl. ) of Strokesma.

Toll :: Toll (n.) The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.

Clip :: Clip (n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip..

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