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Bloodstroke
Bloodstroke Blood"stroke`, n. [Cf. F. coup de sang.]
Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in
the brain. --Dunglison.
By-stroke
By-stroke By"-stroke`, n.
An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
Counterstroke
Counterstroke Coun"ter*stroke` (-str?k`), n.
A stroke or blow in return. --Spenser.
Crawl stroke
Crawl stroke Crawl stroke (Swimming)
A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the
water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm
strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from
the knee.
Dead-strokeDead-stroke Dead"-stroke`, a. (Mech.)
Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring
interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer
head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and
reduce the shock upon the mechanism. Dead-stroke hammerDead-stroke Dead"-stroke`, a. (Mech.)
Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring
interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer
head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and
reduce the shock upon the mechanism. Downstroke
Downstroke Down"stroke`, n. (Penmanship)
A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
Handystroke
Handystroke Hand"y*stroke`, n.
A blow with the hand.
InstrokeInstroke In"stroke`, n.
An inward stroke; specif., in a steam or other engine, a
stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crank
shaft; -- opposed to outstroke. Outward strokeOutward Out"ward, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.
2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.' --Chaucer.
An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.
3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.
4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
-- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n.
Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke. Spot stroke
Spot stroke Spot stroke (Eng. Billiards)
The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off
its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an
easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.
StrokeStroke Stroke, obs. imp. of Strike.
Struck. StrokeStroke Stroke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strokeing.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr.
str[=i]can to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf.
Straggle.]
1. To strike. [Obs.]
Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the
wound, and it will close. --Chaucer.
2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or
tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He
stroked her cheeks. --Dryden.
3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.
4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat. StrokeedStroke Stroke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strokeing.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr.
str[=i]can to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf.
Straggle.]
1. To strike. [Obs.]
Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the
wound, and it will close. --Chaucer.
2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or
tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He
stroked her cheeks. --Dryden.
3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.
4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat. StrokeingStroke Stroke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strokeing.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr.
str[=i]can to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf.
Straggle.]
1. To strike. [Obs.]
Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the
wound, and it will close. --Chaucer.
2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or
tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He
stroked her cheeks. --Dryden.
3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.
4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat. Stroker
Stroker Strok"er, n.
One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.
Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. --Bp.
Warburton.
StrokesmanStrokesman Strokes"man, n.; pl. Strokesman. (Rowing)
The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be
followed by the rest. --Totten. StrokesmanStrokesman Strokes"man, n.; pl. Strokesman. (Rowing)
The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be
followed by the rest. --Totten. Sunstroke
Sunstroke Sun"stroke`, n. (Med.)
Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part
of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical
powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy,
occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often
terminating fatally; coup de soleil.
Trudgen stroke
Trudgen stroke Trudg"en stroke (Swimming)
A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; --
so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often
erroneously written trudgeon.
Understroke
Understroke Un`der*stroke", v. t.
To underline or underscore. --Swift.
Upstroke
Upstroke Up"stroke`, n.
An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a
writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of
the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter
thus made.
Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega. --Mrs.
Browning.
Wing stroke On the wing.
(a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity.
Under the wing, or wings, of, under the care or
protection of.
Wing and wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged.
Wing case (Zo["o]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also wing
cover.
Wing covert (Zo["o]l.), one of the small feathers covering
the bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2.
Wing gudgeon (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon.
Wing shell (Zo["o]l.), wing case of an insect.
Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
-- called also main transom. --J. Knowles.
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