| slovo | definícia |
stroke
(mass) | stroke
- hladiť, opatrenie, pohladenie, štýl, ťah |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,doba n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,hladit v: Zdeněk Brož |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,hlazení n: Zdeněk Brož |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,manévr n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,mrtvice n: |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,nápad n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,opatření n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,pohladit v: Pino |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,pohlazení n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,rána n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,styl n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,tah n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,tah štětcem n:
[lingv.] http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/study/DP/rpfile.php?id=10482 Ivan Masár |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,takt n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,úder n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,vtip n: Martin M. |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,záchvat n: PetrV |
stroke
(encz) | stroke,zdvih n: Martin M. |
Stroke
(gcide) | Stroke \Stroke\, obs. imp. of Strike.
Struck.
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Stroke
(gcide) | Stroke \Stroke\, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See
Strike, v. t.]
1. 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.
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His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down
the tree. --Deut. xix.
5.
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A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth
calleth for strokes. --Prov. xviii.
6.
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He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples
without striking a stroke. --Bacon.
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2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction;
soreness.
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In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his
people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
--Isa. xxx.
26.
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3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
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Well, but what's o'clock?
- Upon the stroke of ten. -- Well, let is strike.
--Shak.
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4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a
stroking. --Dryden.
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5. 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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O, lasting as those colors may they shine,
Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line.
--Pope.
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6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written
composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes
to an essay. --Addison.
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7. 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.
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At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.
--Harte.
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8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. --Tennyson.
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9. 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.; also:
(Rowing)
(a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
(b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the
other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
(c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
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10. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,
produced, or accomplished; also, something done or
accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a
stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
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11. (Mach.) 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.
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Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down
strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back
strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines
being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward
the front of the vehicle.
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12. Power; influence. [Obs.] "Where money beareth [hath] all
the stroke." --Robynson (More's Utopia).
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He has a great stroke with the reader. --Dryden.
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13. Appetite. [Obs.] --Swift.
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To keep stroke, to make strokes in unison.
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The oars where silver,
Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke. --Shak.
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Stroke
(gcide) | Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strokeing.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr.
str[imac]can to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf.
Straggle.]
1. To strike. [Obs.]
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Ye mote with the plat sword again
Stroken him in the wound, and it will close.
--Chaucer.
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2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or
tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
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He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind,
He stroked her cheeks. --Dryden.
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3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.
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4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
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5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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stroke
(wn) | stroke
n 1: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a
club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes
to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good
balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
[syn: stroke, shot]
2: the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating
piece by a cam [syn: throw, stroke, cam stroke]
3: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or
occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
[syn: stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident,
CVA]
4: a light touch
5: a light touch with the hands [syn: stroke, stroking]
6: (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the
ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes"
7: the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace
for the rest of the crew
8: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an
apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident";
"the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an
accident or fortuity" [syn: accident, stroke, fortuity,
chance event]
9: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
information [syn: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal,
stroke, separatrix]
10: a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush;
"she applied the paint in careful strokes"
11: any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used
for locomotion in swimming or rowing
12: a single complete movement
v 1: touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; "He
stroked his long beard"
2: strike a ball with a smooth blow
3: row at a particular rate
4: treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss" |
stroke
(foldoc) | stroke
The oblique stroke character, "/", ASCII 47.
See ASCII for other synonyms.
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stroke
(jargon) | stroke
n.
Common name for the slant (‘/’, ASCII 0101111) character. See ASCII for
other synonyms.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
keystroke
(mass) | keystroke
- stlačenie klávesu |
at a stroke
(encz) | at a stroke,rázem |
backstroke
(encz) | backstroke,znak |
breast stroke
(encz) | breast stroke,plavání prsa n: Zdeněk Brož |
breaststroke
(encz) | breaststroke,plavecký styl prsa n: Zdeněk Brož |
different strokes for different folks
(encz) | different strokes for different folks, |
down to the short strokes
(encz) | down to the short strokes, |
downstroke
(encz) | downstroke,pohyb pístu dolů n: Zdeněk Brož |
forehand stroke
(encz) | forehand stroke, n: |
four-stroke engine
(encz) | four-stroke engine, n: |
four-stroke internal-combustion engine
(encz) | four-stroke internal-combustion engine, n: |
golf stroke
(encz) | golf stroke, n: |
ground stroke
(encz) | ground stroke, n: |
haemorrhagic stroke
(encz) | haemorrhagic stroke, n: |
hair stroke
(encz) | hair stroke, n: |
heatstroke
(encz) | heatstroke,úpal n: Zdeněk Brožheatstroke,úžeh n: Zdeněk Brož |
hemorrhagic stroke
(encz) | hemorrhagic stroke, n: |
instroke
(encz) | instroke, n: |
ischaemic stroke
(encz) | ischaemic stroke, n: |
ischemic stroke
(encz) | ischemic stroke, n: |
keystroke
(encz) | keystroke,stisknutí klávesy Pavel Cvrčekkeystroke,úhoz n: Zdeněk Brož |
keystrokes
(encz) | keystrokes,úhozy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
masterstroke
(encz) | masterstroke,mistrovský kousek Zdeněk Brož |
outstroke
(encz) | outstroke, n: |
sidestroke
(encz) | sidestroke, |
stroke of genius
(encz) | stroke of genius, |
stroke of good luck
(encz) | stroke of good luck, |
stroke play
(encz) | stroke play, n: |
stroke your ego
(encz) | stroke your ego, |
stroked
(encz) | stroked,hladil v: Zdeněk Brožstroked,vyškrtl v: Zdeněk Brož |
stroker
(encz) | stroker, |
strokes
(encz) | strokes,tahy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožstrokes,údery n: pl. Zdeněk Brožstrokes,úhozy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
sunstroke
(encz) | sunstroke,úpal Zdeněk Brožsunstroke,úžeh Jaroslav Šedivý |
swimming stroke
(encz) | swimming stroke, n: |
tennis stroke
(encz) | tennis stroke, n: |
two-stroke
(encz) | two-stroke,dvoutaktní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
twostroke
(encz) | twostroke,dvoutaktní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
upstroke
(encz) | upstroke,zdvih n: Zdeněk Brož |
backstroke
(gcide) | backstroke \back"stroke`\ n.
1. a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the
swimmer lies on his or her back. It is usually executed
with backward-moving circular arm strokes and a flutter
kick.
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Bloodstroke
(gcide) | Bloodstroke \Blood"stroke`\, n. [Cf. F. coup de sang.]
Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in
the brain. --Dunglison.
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By-stroke
(gcide) | By-stroke \By"-stroke`\, n.
An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
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Counterstroke
(gcide) | Counterstroke \Coun"ter*stroke`\ (-str?k`), n.
A stroke or blow in return. --Spenser.
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Crawl stroke
(gcide) | Crawl stroke \Crawl stroke\ (Swimming)
A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the
water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm
strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from
the knee.
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Cross stroke
(gcide) | Cross \Cross\ (kr[o^]s), a.
1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse;
oblique; intersecting.
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The cross refraction of the second prism. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;
interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. "A
cross fortune." --Jer. Taylor.
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The cross and unlucky issue of my design.
--Glanvill.
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The article of the resurrection seems to lie
marvelously cross to the common experience of
mankind. --South.
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We are both love's captives, but with fates so
cross,
One must be happy by the other's loss. --Dryden.
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3. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness,
fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
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He had received a cross answer from his mistress.
--Jer. Taylor.
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4. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation;
mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories;
cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry
persons standing in the same relation to each other.
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Cross action (Law), an action brought by a party who is
sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same
subject matter, as upon the same contract. --Burrill.
Cross aisle (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a
cruciform church.
Cross axle.
(a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers
at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing
press.
(b) A driving axle, with cranks set at an angle of 90[deg]
with each other.
Cross bedding (Geol.), oblique lamination of horizontal
beds.
Cross bill. See in the Vocabulary.
Cross bitt. Same as Crosspiece.
Cross bond, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of
one stretcher course come midway between those of the
stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and
stretchers intervening. See Bond, n., 8.
Cross breed. See in the Vocabulary.
Cross breeding. See under Breeding.
Cross buttock, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an
unexpected defeat or repulse. --Smollet.
Cross country, across the country; not by the road. "The
cross-country ride." --Cowper.
Cross fertilization, the fertilization of the female
products of one physiological individual by the male
products of another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules
of one plant by pollen from another. See Fertilization.
Cross file, a double convex file, used in dressing out the
arms or crosses of fine wheels.
Cross fire (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points
or places, crossing each other.
Cross forked. (Her.) See under Forked.
Cross frog. See under Frog.
Cross furrow, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows
to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the
side of the field.
Cross handle, a handle attached transversely to the axis of
a tool, as in the augur. --Knight.
Cross lode (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or
principal lode.
Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary.
Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book
or register to another part, where the same or an allied
subject is treated of.
Cross sea (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run
in contrary directions.
Cross stroke, a line or stroke across something, as across
the letter t.
Cross wind, a side wind; an unfavorable wind.
Cross wires, fine wires made to traverse the field of view
in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated
head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider
lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes,
etc.
Syn: Fretful; peevish. See Fretful.
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Dead-stroke
(gcide) | Dead-stroke \Dead"-stroke`\, a. (Mech.)
Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
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Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring
interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer
head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and
reduce the shock upon the mechanism.
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Dead-stroke hammer
(gcide) | Dead-stroke \Dead"-stroke`\, a. (Mech.)
Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
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Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring
interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer
head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and
reduce the shock upon the mechanism.
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Death stroke
(gcide) | Death \Death\ (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS.
de['a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel.
dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d["o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb
meaning to die. See Die, v. i., and cf. Dead.]
1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of
resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
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Note: Local death is going on at all times and in all parts
of the living body, in which individual cells and
elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a
process essential to life. General death is of two
kinds; death of the body as a whole (somatic or
systemic death), and death of the tissues. By the
former is implied the absolute cessation of the
functions of the brain, the circulatory and the
respiratory organs; by the latter the entire
disappearance of the vital actions of the ultimate
structural constituents of the body. When death takes
place, the body as a whole dies first, the death of the
tissues sometimes not occurring until after a
considerable interval. --Huxley.
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2. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the
death of memory.
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The death of a language can not be exactly compared
with the death of a plant. --J. Peile.
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3. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.
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A death that I abhor. --Shak.
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Let me die the death of the righteous. --Num. xxiii.
10.
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4. Cause of loss of life.
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Swiftly flies the feathered death. --Dryden.
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He caught his death the last county sessions.
--Addison.
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5. Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally
represented as a skeleton with a scythe.
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Death! great proprietor of all. --Young.
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And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name
that sat on him was Death. --Rev. vi. 8.
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6. Danger of death. "In deaths oft." --2 Cor. xi. 23.
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7. Murder; murderous character.
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Not to suffer a man of death to live. --Bacon.
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8. (Theol.) Loss of spiritual life.
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To be carnally minded is death. --Rom. viii.
6.
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9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death.
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It was death to them to think of entertaining such
doctrines. --Atterbury.
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And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto
death. --Judg. xvi.
16.
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Note: Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of
a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to
death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or
death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc.
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Black death. See Black death, in the Vocabulary.
Civil death, the separation of a man from civil society, or
the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as
by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm,
entering a monastery, etc. --Blackstone.
Death adder. (Zool.)
(a) A kind of viper found in South Africa ({Acanthophis
tortor}); -- so called from the virulence of its
venom.
(b) A venomous Australian snake of the family
Elapid[ae], of several species, as the
Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica.
Death bell, a bell that announces a death.
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The death bell thrice was heard to ring. --Mickle.
Death candle, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the
superstitious as presaging death.
Death damp, a cold sweat at the coming on of death.
Death fire, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode
death.
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And round about in reel and rout,
The death fires danced at night. --Coleridge.
Death grapple, a grapple or struggle for life.
Death in life, a condition but little removed from death; a
living death. [Poetic] "Lay lingering out a five years'
death in life." --Tennyson.
Death rate, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths
to the population.
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At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than
in rural districts. --Darwin.
Death rattle, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a
dying person.
Death's door, the boundary of life; the partition dividing
life from death.
Death stroke, a stroke causing death.
Death throe, the spasm of death.
Death token, the signal of approaching death.
Death warrant.
(a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the
execution of a criminal.
(b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.
Death wound.
(a) A fatal wound or injury.
(b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak.
Spiritual death (Scripture), the corruption and perversion
of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God.
The gates of death, the grave.
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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? --Job
xxxviii. 17.
The second death, condemnation to eternal separation from
God. --Rev. ii. 11.
To be the death of, to be the cause of death to; to make
die. "It was one who should be the death of both his
parents." --Milton.
Syn: Death, Decease, Demise, Departure, Release.
Usage: Death applies to the termination of every form of
existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words
only to the human race. Decease is the term used in
law for the removal of a human being out of life in
the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly
confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes
used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise
of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly
terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death
is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a
friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a
deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
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Downstroke
(gcide) | Downstroke \Down"stroke`\, n. (Penmanship)
A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
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Grace stroke
(gcide) | Grace \Grace\ (gr[=a]s), n. [F. gr[^a]ce, L. gratia, from gratus
beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. ? to rejoice,
cha`ris favor, grace, Skr. hary to desire, and E. yearn. Cf.
Grateful, Gratis.]
1. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition
to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege
conferred.
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To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. --Milton.
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2. (Theol.) The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as
distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His
mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of
acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor.
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And if by grace, then is it no more of works. --Rom.
xi. 6.
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My grace is sufficicnt for thee. --2 Cor. xii.
9.
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Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
--Rom. v. 20.
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By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand. --Rom. v.2
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3. (Law)
(a) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as
pardon.
(b) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of
equitable relief through chancery.
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4. Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it
means misfortune. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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5. Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic
fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.
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He is complete in feature and in mind.
With all good grace to grace a gentleman. --Shak.
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I have formerly given the general character of Mr.
Addison's style and manner as natural and
unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those
graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over
writing. --Blair.
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6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;
commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
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Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and
secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt.
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I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and
the grace of the gift. --Longfellow.
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7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister
goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the
attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They
were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely,
Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the
inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to
wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
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The Graces love to weave the rose. --Moore.
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The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior.
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8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and
formerly of the king of England.
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How fares your Grace ! --Shak.
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9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.]
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Yielding graces and thankings to their lord
Melibeus. --Chaucer.
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10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks
rendered, before or after a meal.
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11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either
introduced by the performer, or indicated by the
composer, in which case the notation signs are called
grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
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12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the
government of the institution; a degree or privilege
conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton.
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13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of
motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one
player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of
each. Called also grace hoop or hoops.
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Act of grace. See under Act.
Day of grace (Theol.), the time of probation, when the
offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.
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That day of grace fleets fast away. --I. Watts.
Days of grace (Com.), the days immediately following the
day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are
allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In
Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are
three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants
being different.
Good graces, favor; friendship.
Grace cup.
(a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after
grace.
(b) A health drunk after grace has been said.
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The grace cup follows to his sovereign's
health. --Hing.
Grace drink, a drink taken on rising from the table; a
grace cup.
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To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the
custom of the grace drink, she having established it
as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till
grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc.
Brit.
Grace hoop, a hoop used in playing graces. See Grace, n.,
13.
Grace note (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See Appoggiatura, and
def. 11 above.
Grace stroke, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.
Means of grace, means of securing knowledge of God, or
favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.
To do grace, to reflect credit upon.
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Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak.
To say grace, to render thanks before or after a meal.
With a good grace, in a fit and proper manner grace fully;
graciously.
With a bad grace, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory
manner; ungraciously.
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What might have been done with a good grace would at
least
be done with a bad grace. --Macaulay.
Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy.
Usage: Grace, Mercy. These words, though often
interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar
meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is
spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy
is kindness or compassion to the suffering or
condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way
for the exercise of mercy toward men. See Elegance.
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Hair stroke
(gcide) | Hair \Hair\ (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r;
akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r,
Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.]
1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin
of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the
head or for any part or the whole of the body.
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2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in
vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free
and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
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Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
--Chaucer.
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And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
--Spenser.
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3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair
for stuffing cushions.
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4. (Zool.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of
insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.
Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in
structure, composition, and mode of growth.
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5. (Bot.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or
of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or
stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the
yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
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6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
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7. A haircloth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
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Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin,
hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.
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Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner;
against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your
professions." --Shak.
Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the
back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.
Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the
sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.
Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable
of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.
Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the
head. --Swift.
Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line.
Hair moth (Zool.), any moth which destroys goods made of
hair, esp. Tinea biselliella.
Hair pencil, a brush or pencil made of fine hair, for
painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair
used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil,
etc.
Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of
a bloomery fire.
Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or
starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of
the head, or on wigs.
Hair seal (Zool.), any one of several species of eared
seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.
Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.
Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of
horsehair, and worn as a penance.
Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom.
Hair snake. See Gordius.
Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in
lines of type.
Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing.
Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a
firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a
hair. --Farrow.
Not worth a hair, of no value.
To a hair, with the nicest distinction.
To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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Handystroke
(gcide) | Handystroke \Hand"y*stroke`\ (h[a^]nd"[y^]*str[=o]k`), n.
A blow with the hand.
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heatstroke
(gcide) | heatstroke \heatstroke\ n.
A physiological disturbance caused by exposure to excessive
heat, resulting in rapid pulse, hot dry skin, and fever,
leading to loss of consciousness.
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Instroke
(gcide) | Instroke \In"stroke`\, n.
An inward stroke; specif., in a steam or other engine, a
stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crank
shaft; -- opposed to outstroke.
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Master stroke
(gcide) | Master \Mas"ter\ (m[.a]s"t[~e]r), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF.
maistre, mestre, F. ma[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a
double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr.
me`gas. Cf. Maestro, Magister, Magistrate, Magnitude,
Major, Mister, Mistress, Mickle.]
1. A male person having another living being so far subject
to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its
actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive
application than now.
(a) The employer of a servant.
(b) The owner of a slave.
(c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled.
(d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one
exercising similar authority.
(e) The head of a household.
(f) The male head of a school or college.
(g) A male teacher.
(h) The director of a number of persons performing a
ceremony or sharing a feast.
(i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or
horse.
(j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other
supernatural being.
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2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as,
to be master of one's time. --Shak.
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Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison.
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We are masters of the sea. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application
of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
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Great masters of ridicule. --Macaulay.
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No care is taken to improve young men in their own
language, that they may thoroughly understand and be
masters of it. --Locke.
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4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced
m[i^]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written
Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
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5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
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Where there are little masters and misses in a
house, they are impediments to the diversions of the
servants. --Swift.
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6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually
called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy
ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly,
an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under
the commander, of sailing the vessel.
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7. A person holding an office of authority among the
Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person
holding a similar office in other civic societies.
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Little masters, certain German engravers of the 16th
century, so called from the extreme smallness of their
prints.
Master in chancery, an officer of courts of equity, who
acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by
inquiring into various matters referred to him, and
reporting thereon to the court.
Master of arts, one who takes the second degree at a
university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by
the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.
Master of the horse, the third great officer in the British
court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In
ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign.
Master of the rolls, in England, an officer who has charge
of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of
the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge
of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
Past master,
(a) one who has held the office of master in a lodge of
Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.
(b) a person who is unusually expert, skilled, or
experienced in some art, technique, or profession; --
usually used with at or of.
The old masters, distinguished painters who preceded modern
painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th
and 17th centuries.
To be master of one's self, to have entire self-control;
not to be governed by passion.
To be one's own master, to be at liberty to act as one
chooses without dictation from anybody.
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Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly,
superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used
adjectively or in compounds; as, master builder or
master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master
mason or master-mason, master workman or
master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master
spirit, master passion, etc.
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Throughout the city by the master gate.
--Chaucer.
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Master joint (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more
prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.
Master key, a key adapted to open several locks differing
somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or
principle of general application in solving difficulties.
Master lode (Mining), the principal vein of ore.
Master mariner, an experienced and skilled seaman who is
certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel.
Master sinew (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough
of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow
place, where the windgalls are usually seated.
Master singer. See Mastersinger.
Master stroke, a capital performance; a masterly
achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of
policy.
Master tap (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw
cutting die.
Master touch.
(a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope.
(b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very
skillful work or treatment. "Some master touches of
this admirable piece." --Tatler.
Master work, the most important work accomplished by a
skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.;
also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a
masterpiece.
Master workman, a man specially skilled in any art,
handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or
employer.
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Outward stroke
(gcide) | Outward \Out"ward\, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
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Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.
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2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." --Chaucer.
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An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.
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3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.
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4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
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The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
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n.
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Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.
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split stroke
(gcide) | split shot \split shot\ or split stroke \split stroke\
In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in
different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed
in contact.
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Spot stroke
(gcide) | Spot stroke \Spot stroke\ (Eng. Billiards)
The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off
its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an
easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.
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Stroke
(gcide) | Stroke \Stroke\, obs. imp. of Strike.
Struck.
[1913 Webster]Stroke \Stroke\, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See
Strike, v. t.]
1. 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.
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His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down
the tree. --Deut. xix.
5.
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A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth
calleth for strokes. --Prov. xviii.
6.
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He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples
without striking a stroke. --Bacon.
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2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction;
soreness.
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In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his
people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
--Isa. xxx.
26.
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3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
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Well, but what's o'clock?
- Upon the stroke of ten. -- Well, let is strike.
--Shak.
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4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a
stroking. --Dryden.
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5. 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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O, lasting as those colors may they shine,
Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line.
--Pope.
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6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written
composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes
to an essay. --Addison.
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7. 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.
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At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.
--Harte.
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8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. --Tennyson.
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9. 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.; also:
(Rowing)
(a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
(b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the
other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
(c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
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10. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,
produced, or accomplished; also, something done or
accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a
stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
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11. (Mach.) 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.
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Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down
strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back
strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines
being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward
the front of the vehicle.
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12. Power; influence. [Obs.] "Where money beareth [hath] all
the stroke." --Robynson (More's Utopia).
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He has a great stroke with the reader. --Dryden.
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13. Appetite. [Obs.] --Swift.
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To keep stroke, to make strokes in unison.
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The oars where silver,
Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strokeing.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr.
str[imac]can to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf.
Straggle.]
1. To strike. [Obs.]
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Ye mote with the plat sword again
Stroken him in the wound, and it will close.
--Chaucer.
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2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or
tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
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He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind,
He stroked her cheeks. --Dryden.
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3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.
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4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
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5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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stroke oar
(gcide) | Stroke \Stroke\, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See
Strike, v. t.]
1. 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.
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His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down
the tree. --Deut. xix.
5.
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A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth
calleth for strokes. --Prov. xviii.
6.
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He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples
without striking a stroke. --Bacon.
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2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction;
soreness.
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In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his
people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
--Isa. xxx.
26.
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3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
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Well, but what's o'clock?
- Upon the stroke of ten. -- Well, let is strike.
--Shak.
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4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a
stroking. --Dryden.
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5. 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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O, lasting as those colors may they shine,
Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line.
--Pope.
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6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written
composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes
to an essay. --Addison.
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7. 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.
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At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.
--Harte.
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8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. --Tennyson.
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9. 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.; also:
(Rowing)
(a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
(b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the
other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
(c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
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10. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,
produced, or accomplished; also, something done or
accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a
stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
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11. (Mach.) 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.
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Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down
strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back
strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines
being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward
the front of the vehicle.
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12. Power; influence. [Obs.] "Where money beareth [hath] all
the stroke." --Robynson (More's Utopia).
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He has a great stroke with the reader. --Dryden.
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13. Appetite. [Obs.] --Swift.
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To keep stroke, to make strokes in unison.
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The oars where silver,
Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke. --Shak.
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Strokeed
(gcide) | Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strokeing.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr.
str[imac]can to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf.
Straggle.]
1. To strike. [Obs.]
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Ye mote with the plat sword again
Stroken him in the wound, and it will close.
--Chaucer.
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2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or
tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
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He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind,
He stroked her cheeks. --Dryden.
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3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.
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4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
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5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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Strokeing
(gcide) | Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strokeing.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr.
str[imac]can to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf.
Straggle.]
1. To strike. [Obs.]
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Ye mote with the plat sword again
Stroken him in the wound, and it will close.
--Chaucer.
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2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or
tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
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He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind,
He stroked her cheeks. --Dryden.
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3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow.
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4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
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5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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Stroker
(gcide) | Stroker \Strok"er\, n.
One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.
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Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Strokesman
(gcide) | Strokesman \Strokes"man\, n.; pl. Strokesman. (Rowing)
The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be
followed by the rest. --Totten.
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Sunstroke
(gcide) | Sunstroke \Sun"stroke`\, n. (Med.)
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.
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To keep stroke
(gcide) | Stroke \Stroke\, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See
Strike, v. t.]
1. 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.
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His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down
the tree. --Deut. xix.
5.
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A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth
calleth for strokes. --Prov. xviii.
6.
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He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples
without striking a stroke. --Bacon.
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2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction;
soreness.
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In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his
people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
--Isa. xxx.
26.
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3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
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Well, but what's o'clock?
- Upon the stroke of ten. -- Well, let is strike.
--Shak.
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4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a
stroking. --Dryden.
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5. 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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O, lasting as those colors may they shine,
Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line.
--Pope.
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6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written
composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes
to an essay. --Addison.
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7. 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.
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At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.
--Harte.
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8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. --Tennyson.
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9. 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.; also:
(Rowing)
(a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
(b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the
other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
(c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
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10. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,
produced, or accomplished; also, something done or
accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a
stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
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11. (Mach.) 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.
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Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down
strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back
strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines
being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward
the front of the vehicle.
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12. Power; influence. [Obs.] "Where money beareth [hath] all
the stroke." --Robynson (More's Utopia).
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He has a great stroke with the reader. --Dryden.
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13. Appetite. [Obs.] --Swift.
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To keep stroke, to make strokes in unison.
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The oars where silver,
Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke. --Shak.
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Trudgen stroke
(gcide) | Trudgen stroke \Trudg"en stroke\ (Swimming)
A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; --
so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often
erroneously written trudgeon.
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Understroke
(gcide) | Understroke \Un`der*stroke"\, v. t.
To underline or underscore. --Swift.
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Upstroke
(gcide) | Upstroke \Up"stroke`\, n.
An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a
writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of
the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter
thus made.
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Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Wing stroke
(gcide) | Wing \Wing\, n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin;
cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. v[ae]ngr.]
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1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or
bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually
modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of
birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only
as an assistance in running or swimming.
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As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over
her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
beareth them on her wings. --Deut. xxxii.
11.
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Note: In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in
series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar
side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts,
those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie
over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of
the short outer digit. See Illust. of Bird, and
Plumage.
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2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of
flying. Specifically: (Zool.)
(a) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of
most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs
formed of a double membrane and strengthened by
chitinous veins or nervures.
(b) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
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3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
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Light thickens; and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of
rapid motion.
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Fiery expedition be my wing. --Shak.
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5. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which
is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a
fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a
windmill, etc.
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6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or
shoulder knot.
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7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in
shape or appearance. Specifically:
(a) (Zool.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the
foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
(b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the
sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind
called samara.
(c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a
papilionaceous flower.
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8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
Hence:
(a) (Arch.) A side building, less than the main edifice;
as, one of the wings of a palace.
(b) (Fort.) The longer side of crownworks, etc.,
connecting them with the main work.
(c) (Hort.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch
growing up by the side of another. [Obs.]
(d) (Mil.) The right or left division of an army,
regiment, etc.
(e) (Naut.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel
which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the
extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or
when forming the two sides of a triangle. --Totten.
(f) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
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9. (Aeronautics) Any surface used primarily for supporting a
flying machine in flight, especially the flat or slightly
curved planes on a heavier-than-air aircraft which provide
most of the lift. In fixed-wing aircraft there are usually
two main wings fixed on opposite sides of the fuselage.
Smaller wings are typically placed near the tail primarily
for stabilization, but may be absent in certain kinds of
aircraft. Helicopters usually have no fixed wings, the
lift being supplied by the rotating blade.
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10. One of two factions within an organization, as a
political party, which are opposed to each other; as,
right wing or left wing.
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11. An administrative division of the air force or of a naval
air group, consisting of a certain number of airplanes
and the personnel associated with them.
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On the wing.
(a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity.
Under the wing of, or Under the wings of, under the care
or protection of.
Wing and wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged.
Wing case (Zool.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing
cover}.
Wing covert (Zool.), one of the small feathers covering the
bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2.
Wing gudgeon (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon.
Wing shell (Zool.), wing case of an insect.
Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
-- called also main transom. --J. Knowles.
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backhand stroke
(wn) | backhand stroke
n 1: a return made with the back of the hand facing the
direction of the stroke [syn: backhand, {backhand
stroke}, backhand shot] |
backstroke
(wn) | backstroke
n 1: a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the
swimmer lies on his or her back
v 1: swim on one's back |
backstroker
(wn) | backstroker
n 1: someone who swims the backstroke |
breaststroke
(wn) | breaststroke
n 1: a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front
of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a
frog kick
v 1: swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and
outward while kicking with the leg |
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