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Lead :: Lead (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke..

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top..

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

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

Roll :: Roll (v.) The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

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

Clap :: Clap (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow..

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

Trait :: Trait (v.) A stroke; a touch.

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

Stroot :: Strook (n.) A stroke.

Paddle :: Paddle (v. t.) To pat or stroke amorously, or gently..

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

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..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay..

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

Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..

Ding :: Ding (n.) A thump or stroke, especially of a bell..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) Power; influence.

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..

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