Definition of stroke

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Stroke (v. t.) To give a finely fluted surface to.

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Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..
Knock :: Knock (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
Roll :: Roll (v.) The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Ceriph :: Ceriph (n.) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters..
Strokeed :: Stroke (v. t.) Appetite.
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle..
Chopping :: Chopping (n.) Act of cutting by strokes.
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..
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..
Peck :: Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument..
Deathblow :: Deathblow (n.) A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.
Flip-flap :: Flip-flap (n.) The repeated stroke of something long and loose.
Sunup :: Sun-struck (a.) Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers..
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke..
Bagging :: Bagging (n.) Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke..
Sideration :: Sideration (n.) The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis..
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..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To stroke with a claw.
Fit :: Fit (n.) A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness..
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