Hitter: alternatives and connections

The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.

The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.

To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between…

A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but gene…

That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.

A watch, esp. one that strikes.

Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they pr…

A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture…

That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.

Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping…

The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.

A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.

A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.

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 th…

The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is su…

(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere