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Flap :: Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing..

Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim..

Counterstroke :: Counterstroke (n.) A stroke or blow in return.

Recovery :: Recovery (n.) In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke..

Lick :: Lick (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking.

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke..

Bagging :: Bagging (n.) Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke..

Impact :: Impact (n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.

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

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

Havelock :: Havelock (n.) A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke..

Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate..

Touch :: Touch (v.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

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

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters..

Sun-struck :: Sunstroke (n.) 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..

Whop :: Whop (n.) A blow, or quick, smart stroke..

Handystroke :: Handystroke (n.) A blow with the hand.

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