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

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

By-wipe :: By-wipe (n.) A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm..

Upstroke :: Upstroke (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..

Knock :: Knock (n.) A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap..

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

Masse Shot :: Masse shot (n.) A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A throb or beat, as of the heart..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint..

Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

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..

Uncial :: Uncial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style..

Down :: Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke..

Flap :: Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing..

Pelt :: Pelt (n.) A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Misericordia :: Misericordia (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary..

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

Stroker :: Stroke (v. t.) To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat..

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

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