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Stroking :: Stroking (n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke..

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 These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style..

Upstroke :: Upstroke (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..

Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

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

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

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

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

Touch :: Touch (v.) A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof..

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

Masse Shot :: Masse shot (n.) A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

Siriasis :: Siriasis (n.) A sunstroke.

Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.

Roll :: Roll (n.) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon..

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

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..

Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke..

Wheal :: Wheal (n.) A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon..

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