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

Lick :: Lick (n.) A slap; a quick stroke.

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

Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death..

Insolation :: Insolation (n.) A sunstroke.

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

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

Apoplectical :: Apoplectical (a.) Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke..

Clock :: Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person..

Stroke :: Stroke (imp.) Struck.

Dingdong :: Dingdong (n.) The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound..

Travel :: Travel (n.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve..

Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation..

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..

Coy :: Coy (v. t.) To caress with the hand; to stroke.

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..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke..

Ten-strike :: Ten-strike (n.) Any quick, decisive stroke or act..

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

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