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To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front. Dryden.

A stroke or blow in return. Spenser.

unt of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone. -- Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.

That crushes; overwhelming. "The blow must be quick and crushing." Macualay.

A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap. Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. Spenser. Many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.

A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. "To dab him in the neck." Sir T. More.

A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain. She takes upon her bravely at first dash. Shak.

To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest.…

ead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go. -- Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen or defended from behind the parapet. -- Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve inst…

causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

d Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. Tickell. The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. Gay. Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. Dryden.

An accidental blowing off of, or other serious damage to, the breechblock of a gun; also, a removal of the breechblock for the purpose of disabling the gun.

To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball. Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. Sidney. An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward. Sir W. Scott.

A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer.

illiant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.

ired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.

A blowing apart or away. [Obs.] Bailey.

A blow; a stroke. [Obs.] "Mortal dint." Milton. "Like thunder's dint." Fairfax.

o fail; to hinder of result. His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Addison.