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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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132 words match “STRUCK”

imp. & p. p. of Strike. Struck jury (Law), a special jury, composed of persons having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for each party, leaving the number required by law to try the cause.

p. p. of Strike. Shak.

Struck with awe. Milton.

HEARTSTRUCK a. 2 definitions

Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck injuries." Shak.

HORROR-STRUCK a.

Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold.

Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.

MOONSTRUCK a. 3 definitions

Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. "Moonstruck madness." Milton.

PANIC-STRICKEN; PANIC-STRUCK a.

Struck with a panic, or sudden fear. Burke.

PLANET-STRICKEN; PLANET-STRUCK a.

Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. Milton. Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten to the core By strong compunction and remorse. Wordsworth.

STAGE-STRUCK a.

Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.

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

WONDERSTRUCK a.

Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden.

Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay.

n, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. Each at the head leveled his deadly aim. Milton.…

essive motion; onward; forward. We will go along by the king's highway. Numb. xxi. 22. He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. Coleridge.

An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.

r senseless, as by a blow. [Obs.] Enough, captain; you have astonished him. [Fluellen had struck Pistol]. Shak. The very cramp-fish [i. e., torpedo] . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland.

AWE-STRICKEN a.

Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts.

The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [Obs.] Producing in us reverence and awfulness. Jer. Taylor.