Definition of stroke

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Stroke (v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.

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Fit :: Fit (n.) A stroke or blow.
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..
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) Power; influence.
Dent :: Dent (n.) A stroke; a blow.
Stricture :: Stricture (n.) A stroke; a glance; a touch.
Baff :: Baff (n.) A blow; a stroke.
Ronde :: Ronde (n.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look..
Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes..
Stroking :: Stroking (n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke..
Insolation :: Insolation (n.) A sunstroke.
Dint :: Dint (n.) A blow; a 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..
Miscue :: Miscue (n.) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing.
Stroke :: Strokeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strok.
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..
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..
Hit :: Hit (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking..
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