Stroke definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STROKE, STROOK, for struck. STROKE, n. [from strike.] 1. A blow; the striking of one ... piece of timber falling may kill a man by its stroke; a man when whipped, can hardly fail to flinch or wince at every stroke. Th oars were silver, which to the time of flutes kept stroke-- 2. A hostile blow or attack. He entered and ...
To keep stroke definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stroke Stroke, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See Strike, v ... or with an instrument or weapon. His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree. --Deut. xix ... and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke. --Bacon. 2. The result of effect of a striking; injury ... bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. --Isa. xxx. 26. 3. The striking ...
stroke oar definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stroke Stroke, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See Strike, v ... or with an instrument or weapon. His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree. --Deut. xix ... and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke. --Bacon. 2. The result of effect of a striking; injury ... bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. --Isa. xxx. 26. 3. The striking ...
four-stroke engine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke [syn: four-stroke engine, four-stroke internal-combustion engine]
... to pass, move or ramble, to depart, to touch, to stroke, to glide or glance over, to lower or strike, as ... wool, to strike or whip, as with a rod; a stroke, stripe or lash.] 1. To touch or hit with some ... striking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English str?can to stroke, go; akin to Old High German str?hhan to stroke, Latin stringere to touch lightly, striga, stria furrow Date: before ... brush > 2. a. to aim and usually deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust (as with the hand, a weapon, or a ... to produce by or as if by a blow or stroke < Moses struck water from the rock > f. to separate ...
four-stroke internal-combustion engine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke [syn: four-stroke engine, four-stroke internal-combustion engine]
Dead-stroke hammer definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dead-stroke Dead"-stroke`, a. (Mech.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between ...
trudgen stroke definitions Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: John Trudgen died 1902 English swimmer Date: 1893 a swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a scissors kick Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trudgen stroke Trudg"en stroke (Swimming) A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; -- so ...
Dead-stroke definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dead-stroke Dead"-stroke`, a. (Mech.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between ...
Crawl stroke definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Crawl stroke Crawl stroke (Swimming) A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with ...
Death stroke definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Death Death, n. [OE. deth ... a five years' death in life.'' --Tennyson. Death knell, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death. Death rate ... boundary of life; the partition dividing life from death. Death stroke, a stroke causing death. Death throe, the spasm of death. Death token ...
haemorrhagic stroke definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain [syn: hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke]
hemorrhagic stroke definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain [syn: hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke]