Stroke: alternatives and connections

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.

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One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

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It.

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The act of moving from place to place.

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Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Capability of motion; contractility.

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

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The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a s…

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Rough; stern; angry.

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One who rows with an oar.

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A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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of Touch

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To labor; to travail.

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of Beat

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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of Cannon

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An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

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A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's b…

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The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.

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of Cut

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A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

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To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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To clothe; to wrap.

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A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes,…

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Alt. of Masse shot

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A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

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A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

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To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

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The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

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To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

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To draw a mark or line under; to underline.

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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 correspo…

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An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

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To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

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The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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of Shoot

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of Shoot

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The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.

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The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.

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Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contin…

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Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

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Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the…

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Accident; chance; casualty.

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The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes als…

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of Shoot

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To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.

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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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A comma.

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