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The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.

From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke.

One who inflicts. Godis the sole and immadiate inflicter of such strokes. South.

A sunstroke.

rd none, neither abuse any by intemperance. Jer. Taylor. Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die, By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more In meats and drinks. Milton.

for automobile vehicles, boats, etc. Most internal-combustion engines use the Otto (four-stroke) cycle, though many use the two-stroke cycle. They are almost universally trunk engines and single-acting. Because of the intense heat produced by the frequent explosions, the cylinders must be cooled by a water jacket (wat…

A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

Ladylike; not rough; gentle. [Obs.] "Stroked with a ladied land." Feltham.

The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

e, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.

A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.

A stroke of the tongue in licking. "A lick at the honey pot." Dryden.

One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.

A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes.

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

ed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.

the morning before one is dressed for the day. -- Morning gun, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts. -- Morning sickness (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy. -- Morning star. (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn…