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rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke.

Any quick, decisive stroke or act. [Colloq. U.S.]

c balance. See Bolometer. -- Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sunstroke. See Sunstroke. -- Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under Heat.

mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.

A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws. Spenser.

duced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth. At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. Jeffrey. At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer. C. Mackay.…

to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. Addison. He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. Shak.

To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. "The sexton tolled the bell." Hood.

To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush. The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right. Pope.

A stroke; a touch. By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome.

The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.

A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing. And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Dryden. It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.

A two-stroke cycle for an internal-combustion engine. --Two"- cy`cle, a.

scripts, 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 These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.

managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke.

A blow, or quick, smart stroke.

A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale.

To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.

he wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon. -- Wing shell (Zoöl.), wing case of an insect. -- Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing. -- Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern; -- called also main transom. J. Knowles.

A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. [Low]