Definition of strike

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Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars..

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Strike :: Strike (n.) An old measure of four bushels.
Strucken :: Struck () imp. & p. p. of Strike.
Ten-strike :: Ten-strike (n.) Any quick, decisive stroke or act..
Aberration :: Aberration (n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B..
Striker :: Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing..
Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend..
Harpoon :: Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
Stramash :: Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy..
Percutient :: Percutient (n.) That which strikes, or has power to strike..
Knock :: Knock (v. t.) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door..
Hemautography :: Hemautography (n.) The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.
Batten :: Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top..
Afflict :: Afflict (v. t.) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
Thrum :: Thrum (v. t.) Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table..
Clash :: Clash (v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.
Injector :: Injector (n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor..
Chime :: Chime (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony..
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