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Chop :: Chop (n.) The act of chopping; a stroke.

Blastment :: Blastment (n.) A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.

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

Pat :: Pat (n.) A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap..

Coy :: Coy (v. t.) To caress with the hand; to stroke.

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..

Ten-strike :: Ten-strike (n.) Any quick, decisive stroke or act..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar..

Sideration :: Sideration (n.) The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis..

Flip-flap :: Flip-flap (adv.) With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) 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..

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..

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

Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings..

Sun-struck :: Sunstroke (n.) 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..

Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds..

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

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.

Miscue :: Miscue (n.) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired..

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