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Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.

More than ethical; above ethics. Bolingbroke.

form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. W. Irving.

A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

To strike with a long stroke. Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre. Pope.

To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. Shak.

haucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." Sir Samuel Freguson.

ble of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.

al conclusions from too small a number of particular observations and experiments. Bolingbroke.

The stroke in beating time.

To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke.

An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.]

To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.

ule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares. Bolingbroke.

pe 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.]

Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.

Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy. Bolingbroke.

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