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

hree, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12.

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

ced 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.…

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Massive, like timber. [Obs.] His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled. Spenser.

o 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 break completely; to break in pieces. [Obs.] With nose and mouth to-broke. Chaucer.

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.

om a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business. Bolingbroke. Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing. W. C. Bryant.

High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle. [Prov. Eng.] A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree. C. Kingsley.

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.

Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews. Cowper. A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire. Dryden. The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose. J. A. Symonds.

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

lower classes; -- called also toy mutch. [Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.

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.

The quality or state of being triangular. Bolingbroke.

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.

Of or pertaining to tritheism. Bolingbroke.