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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..

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

Roll :: Roll (v.) The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking..

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

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

Line :: Line (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

Tamp :: Tamp (v. t.) To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place..

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

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..

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

Knock :: Knock (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

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..

Count-wheel :: Count-wheel (n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.

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

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

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

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

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

Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

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