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Number of strokes of a Chinese character
Stroke number, or stroke count (simplified Chinese: 笔画数; traditional Chinese: 筆畫數; pinyin: bǐhuà shù), is the number of strokes of a Chinese character
Stroke_number
Smallest writing units of Chinese characters
Strokes (simplified Chinese: 笔画; traditional Chinese: 筆畫; pinyin: bǐhuà) are the smallest structural units making up written Chinese characters. In the
Chinese_character_strokes
Death of a region of brain cells due to poor blood flow
stroke is a medical condition in which blood flow to a part of the brain is reduced or blocked causing cell death. There are two main types of stroke:
Stroke
Natural number
influenced the European form, a two-stroke form consisting of a horizontal upper stroke joined at its right to a stroke going down to the bottom left corner
7
Internal combustion engine type
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston, one up
Two-stroke_engine
Internal combustion engine type
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft
Four-stroke_engine
Phase of an engine piston's travel
engine, the term stroke has the following related meanings: A phase of the engine's cycle (e.g. compression stroke, exhaust stroke), during which the
Stroke_(engine)
Natural number
It was written in one stroke like a cursive lowercase e rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Gradually, the upper part of the stroke (above the central squiggle)
6
American indie rock band
The Strokes are an American rock band formed in New York City in 1998. The band is composed of lead singer and primary songwriter Julian Casablancas,
The_Strokes
Movement which produces a single or multiple notes on drums
There are several types of strokes: five basic single strokes (noted below), double strokes, and other multiple strokes such as triples, quadruples,
Drum_stroke
Internal combustion engine designs
on the number of pistons that contribute to the six strokes. In the single-piston designs, the engine captures the heat lost from the four-stroke Otto cycle
Six-stroke_engine
Natural number
downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a symbol resembling a ⟨3⟩ with an additional stroke at
3
Minor form of stroke
as mini-stroke, is a temporary, or transient, stroke with noticeable symptoms that end within 24 hours. A TIA causes the same symptoms of stroke, such as
Transient_ischemic_attack
Device that uses compressed air to fire projectiles
Depending on the design, pump guns can be either single-stroke or multi-stroke. In single-stroke pneumatic air guns (also known as "single pump") a single
Air_gun
copies worldwide. The Strokes released their next LP, Room on Fire, in October 2003. The album did well on the charts, reaching number two and going platinum
The_Strokes_discography
Golf competition handicap system
The stroke index is a numbering system used in handicap golf competitions. The rules of golf require that the committee in charge of a competition publish
Stroke_Index
Typographic symbol (#)
similar symbols by its combination of level horizontal strokes and right-tilting vertical strokes. It is believed that the symbol traces its origins to
Number_sign
Scoring system in golf
Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form of stroke play, also known as medal play, the total number of strokes is counted
Stroke_play
Medical condition
A watershed stroke is defined as a brain ischemia that is localized to the vulnerable border zones between the tissues supplied by the anterior, posterior
Watershed_stroke
Aspect of rowing
the 'stroke'. There are some exceptions to this: Rowers in continental Europe number from stern up to bow (not in the Netherlands, there numbering is also
Boat_positions
Stroke with no outward symptoms associated with stroke
A silent stroke (or asymptomatic cerebral infarction) is a stroke that does not have any outward symptoms associated with stroke, and the patient is typically
Silent_stroke
United Kingdom charity
The Stroke Association is a charity in the United Kingdom. It works to prevent stroke, and to support everyone touched by stroke, fund research, and campaign
Stroke_Association
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionaries GB stroke-based order, a standard for stroke-based sorting Stroke number, the number of strokes in a Chinese character Stroke count method,
Stroke_order_(disambiguation)
Dental tool
adaptation, angulation, lateral pressure, characteristics, stroke direction, and stroke number. Stabilization is the pressure applied to the handle with
Periodontal_scaler
Chinese standard for stroke-based sorting
Stroke Order Standard of GB 13000.1 Character Set, full name GB 13000.1 Character Set Chinese Character Stroke Order Standard (GF 3002-1999) (simplified
Stroke Order Standard of GB 13000.1 Character Set
Stroke_Order_Standard_of_GB_13000.1_Character_Set
Logographic writing system
indexed using radical-and-stroke sorting, where characters are grouped by radical and sorted within each group by stroke number. Some modern dictionaries
Chinese_characters
Natural number
early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end
4
Rhythm exercise
short pattern of strokes, using John Pratt's logic that "the rudiments of drumming are strokes," in reference to the four basic drum strokes. Rudimental drumming
Drum_rudiment
System of Chinese character radicals
between one and 17 strokes, with a median of 5 strokes and an average of slightly below 5.7 strokes. The ten radicals with the largest number of derived characters
Kangxi_radicals
Chinese dictionary
radicals are arranged according to stroke number, from the single-stroke "one radical" 一 to the seventeen-stroke "flute radical" 龠. The Zihui character
Zihui
2001 studio album by the Strokes
Is This It is the debut studio album by American rock band the Strokes. It was first released on July 30, 2001, in Australia, with RCA Records handling
Is_This_It
Golf tournament in the United States
1954, with the finals played on Tuesday. As a match play event (with a stroke play qualifier), it was not uncommon for the finalists to play over 200
PGA_Championship
Medical condition
contains numerous cranial nuclei and white matter tracts, a stroke in this area can have a number of unique symptoms depending on the particular blood vessel
Brainstem_stroke_syndrome
Natural number
distinction between the two the digit 7 may be written with a horizontal stroke through the vertical line. In digital technology, data is represented by
1
Used to count, measure, and label
negative numbers by drawing a diagonal stroke through the right-most non-zero digit of the corresponding positive number's numeral. An early European experimenter
Number
called a stroke. Stroke number is the number of strokes of a Chinese character. It varies, for example, characters "一" and "乙" have only one stroke, while
Chinese_character_forms
Natural number
Gupta form is open to considerable debate. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that
9
Instrument in dentistry
Begin assessment stroke in coronal direction: Direct the tip 1/3 of the instrument forward slightly and use a oblique or vertical stroke along the root
Dental_explorer
Style of body motion in swimming
are two undulating strokes (breaststroke and butterfly stroke) and two alternating strokes (front crawl and backstroke). Most strokes involve rhythmic and
Swimming_stroke
Club-and-ball sport
part of a desert. Golf is played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual
Golf
Japanese Kanji learning software
of Kanji is also available which sorts characters by grade level and stroke number. Selecting one shows its Onyomi, Kunyomi, and meanings. Users can also
Kiten_(program)
Scoring system in golf
counting the total number of strokes taken, as in regular stroke play, it involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole.
Stableford
Health issue in China
1159/000110902 Burden of stroke in China International Journal of Stroke, Volume 2, Number 3, August 2007, pp. 211–213(3) Prevention of Stroke in Urban China:
Stroke_in_China
Natural number
numerals. The Brahmi digit for eight by the 1st century was written in one stroke as a curve └┐ looking like an uppercase H with the bottom half of the left
8
Championship was not held because of World War II. c Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum
List of PGA Championship champions
List_of_PGA_Championship_champions
Aspect of medical care
primary goals of stroke management are to reduce brain injury, promote maximum recovery following a stroke, and reduce the risk of another stroke. Rapid detection
Stroke_recovery
Mechanical measurement
Stroke ratio, today often defined as bore/stroke ratio, is a term to describe the ratio between cylinder bore diameter and piston stroke length in a reciprocating
Stroke_ratio
2002 single by the Strokes
The Independent ranked the song number eight and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 20 greatest Strokes songs. The music video for the song
Someday_(The_Strokes_song)
1982 single by Billy Squier
1982 and peaking at number 32. It was Squier's third Top-40 song, following "The Stroke" (number 17) and "In the Dark" (number 35). "Everybody Wants
Everybody_Wants_You
Medical center specializing in strokes
Stroke centers are medical centers having health professionals specially trained in emergency stroke care. They are considered preferred first responders
Stroke_center
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
Power Stroke, also known as Powerstroke, is a family of diesel engines that were produced by Navistar International from 1994 until 2010, and by Ford Motor
Ford_Power_Stroke_engine
Letter in several Latin-script alphabets
English-speaking typographers the symbol may be called a "slashed O" or "o with stroke". Although these names suggest it is a ligature or a diacritical variant
Ø
Order of writing Chinese characters
Stroke order is the order in which the strokes of a Chinese character are written. A stroke is a movement of a writing instrument on a writing surface
Stroke_order
Medical condition
Cerebellar stroke syndrome is a condition in which the circulation to the cerebellum is impaired due to a lesion of the superior cerebellar artery, anterior
Cerebellar_stroke_syndrome
radical are all jōyō kanji, but some examples show all jōyō (ordered by stroke number) while others were from the Chinese radicals page with non-jōyō (and
List of kanji radicals by frequency
List_of_kanji_radicals_by_frequency
Diff'rent Strokes is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and subsequently on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March
List of Diff'rent Strokes episodes
List_of_Diff'rent_Strokes_episodes
Neonatal stroke, similar to a stroke that occurs in adults, is defined as a disturbance to the blood supply of the developing brain in the first 28 days
Neonatal_stroke
2011 studio album by the Strokes
Angles is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Strokes. It was released on March 22, 2011, through RCA Records, and the group's first album
Angles_(The_Strokes_album)
Day of awareness on 29 October
World Stroke Day is observed on October 29 to underscore the serious nature and high rates of stroke, raise awareness of the prevention and treatment of
World_Stroke_Day
2008 autobiography by Jill Bolte Taylor
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientistʼs Personal Journey (2008) is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning book written by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
My_Stroke_of_Insight
System for ordering Chinese surnames
are equal number of strokes in a surname, they are then ordered by the order of the way strokes are formed, starting with the first stroke, with a horizontal
Surname_stroke_order
American professional golfer (born 1996)
world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. On April 10, 2022, Scheffler won the Masters Tournament, defeating Rory McIlroy by three strokes. Scheffler
Scottie_Scheffler
Logical operation
In Boolean functions and propositional calculus, the Sheffer stroke denotes a logical operation that is equivalent to the negation of the conjunction operation
Sheffer_stroke
American television sitcom (1978–1986)
Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom, which originally aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27
Diff'rent_Strokes
Slanting line punctuation mark (/)
The slash is a slanting line punctuation mark /. It is also known as a stroke or solidus, a forward slash and several other historical or technical names
Slash_(punctuation)
the stroke is the action of moving the oar through the water in order to propel the boat forward. The two fundamental reference points in the stroke are
Rowing_stroke
Depression caused by a stroke
Post-stroke depression (PSD) is a form of depression that may occur after a stroke. PSD significantly impacts stroke recovery and the overall quality
Post-stroke_depression
Japanese-language text editor
using either kanji or kana. JWPce can look up kanji by stroke number and by identifying any number of radicals contained within the kanji. Therefore, if
JWPce
Premier championship of motorcycle road racing
racing was originally known as 500cc. Since 2002, the start of the four-stroke era, it has been known as MotoGP. The modern championship is divided into
Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing
American professional golfer (born 1996)
defeated future world number one Scottie Scheffler, 5 and 4, as part of the Duke–Texas quarterfinal match. Smalley had a stroke average of 70.35 during
Alex_Smalley
Norwegian professional golfer (born 1998)
He held a five-stroke lead after 54 holes and shot a 72 in the final round to complete a wire-to-wire victory, finishing one stroke ahead of Dan Bradbury
Kristoffer_Reitan
Chinese characters used in modern languages
called a stroke. Stroke number is the number of strokes of a Chinese character. It varies, for example, characters 一 and 乙 have only one stroke, while character
Modern_Chinese_characters
Ignition system used in some four-stroke cycle internal combustion engines
A wasted spark system is a type of ignition system used in some four-stroke cycle internal combustion engines. In a wasted spark system, the spark plugs
Wasted_spark_system
American professional golfer (born 1988)
October 1, 2007, by shooting a 203 (70-63-70) to win the tournament by one stroke. In the summer of 2005, Fowler won the Western Junior and competed in the
Rickie_Fowler
Engine in which fuel combusts with an oxidizer
intermittent, such as the more familiar two-stroke and four-stroke piston engines, along with variants, such as the six-stroke piston engine and the Wankel rotary
Internal_combustion_engine
Ways of using canoe paddles
whitewater strokes. The strokes are also combined or modified. Some commonly known and used strokes are in the table below. Names for strokes can vary between
Canoe_paddle_strokes
Northern Irish golfer (born 1989)
final round of 69 to finish two strokes ahead of Tiger Woods and Tom Gillis. With this victory, McIlroy reached the number one position in the Official World
Rory_McIlroy
Medical scoring system
Health Stroke Scale, or NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS), is a tool used by healthcare providers to objectively quantify the impairment caused by a stroke and aid
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
National_Institutes_of_Health_Stroke_Scale
Canadian charity dedicated to heart disease and stroke
warning signs of a heart attack are frequently missed. Heart and Stroke operates a number of fundraising events, including the "Big Bike" event, in which
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Heart_and_Stroke_Foundation_of_Canada
Diacritic used in some languages
stroke is sometimes drawn through the numerals 7 (horizontal overbar) and 0 (overstruck foreslash), to make them more distinguishable from the number
Bar_(diacritic)
Demonstration of CJK character strokes
are used by calligraphers to practice how to write the eight most common strokes in regular script, using the fact that they are all present in the character
Eight_Principles_of_Yong
Sorting method used in Chinese dictionaries
Stroke-based sorting, also called stroke-based ordering or stroke-based order, is one of the five sorting methods frequently used in modern Chinese dictionaries
Stroke-based_sorting
Series of I6 and V8 engines built by Chrysler
flat-topped piston would yield a low compression ratio unless a very long stroke is used. The piston crown is domed to protrude into the head at top dead
Chrysler_Hemi_engine
British television sitcom (1986–1991)
Brush Strokes is a British television sitcom broadcast on BBC1 from 1986 to 1991. Written by Esmonde and Larbey and set in South London, it depicted the
Brush_Strokes
Internal combustion engine
chamber on the compression stroke of the engine. Most hot-bulb engines were produced as one or two-cylinder, low-speed two-stroke, crankcase-scavenged units
Hot-bulb_engine
Diameter of a piston engine cylinder
calculated based on bore, stroke length and the number of cylinders: displacement = π (1/2 × bore)2 × stroke × ncylinders The stroke ratio, determined by
Bore_(engine)
2005 single by the Strokes
"Juicebox" is a song by American rock band the Strokes. It was written by singer Julian Casablancas and produced by David Kahne. The song was released
Juicebox_(song)
Alleged mental disorder
Zero stroke or cipher stroke was an alleged mental disorder, reportedly diagnosed by physicians in Germany during the hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic
Zero_stroke
Fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
stroke, resulting in a serif at the top of the arc. This serif was extended while the rest of the letter was reduced, resulting in an angled stroke and
D
Golf tournament held in the United States
been 72 holes of stroke play (4 rounds on an 18-hole course), with the winner being the player with the lowest total number of strokes. It is staged by
U.S._Open_(golf)
Method of encoding Chinese characters
composed by Hu Shih, called Bihuahaoma Ge (筆畫號碼歌; Bǐhuà hàomǎ gē; 'stroke number song'), as a "memory key" to the system: In the 1950s, lexicographers
Four-corner_method
with the page number centered between the character radical number and stroke number: Radical 162 辵 or 辶 "walk" and the 9 additional strokes in shǒu 首 "head"
Medhurst's Chinese and English Dictionary
Medhurst's_Chinese_and_English_Dictionary
English professional golfer (born 1995)
a stroke behind the winner, Alexander Björk. In 2017, Rai got three wins on the Challenge Tour. In March he won the Barclays Kenya Open by 3 strokes. His
Aaron_Rai
Cutting tool
resulted in the manufacture and production of a number of Japanese saws outside of Japan. Cutting on the pull stroke is claimed to cut more efficiently. The blades
Japanese_saw
Way in which Chinese characters are sorted into a sequence
characters with the same number of strokes. The characters are first arranged by their first strokes according to an order of stroke groups (such as “heng
Chinese_character_orders
Monetary symbol used in many national currencies
currency symbol consisting of a capital ⟨S⟩ crossed with one or two vertical strokes ($ or depending on typeface), used to indicate the unit of various currencies
Dollar_sign
Chinese standard for stroke-based sorting
The GB stroke-based order, full name GB13000.1 Character Set Chinese Character Order (Stroke-Based Order) (GB13000.1字符集汉字字序（笔画序）规范), is a standard released
GB_stroke-based_order
2020 studio album by The Strokes
The New Abnormal is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Strokes, released on April 10, 2020, through Cult and RCA Records. It was their first
The_New_Abnormal
Variant of the letter D
represented by U+20AB ₫ DONG SIGN, but U+0111 đ LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH STROKE is often used instead. In Vietnamese, the đồng sign is written after the
D_with_stroke
In animals, breathing by mouth movement
pumping, defined by the number of movements of the floor of the mouth needed to complete both inspiration and expiration. Four-stroke buccal pumping is used
Buccal_pumping
STROKE NUMBER
STROKE NUMBER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England named from Middle English stoke. The exact sense in individual cases is not clear; it seems to have meant originally merely ‘place’, and to have been used mainly for an outlying hamlet or dependent settlement.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English strong, strang ‘strong’, generally a nickname for a strong man but perhaps sometimes applied ironically to a weakling.French : translation of Trahand, a metonymic occupational name for a silkworker who drew out the thread from the cocoons (see Trahan).Translation of Ashkenazic Jewish Stark.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places, for example in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Suffolk, so called from Old English stÅw, a word akin to stoc (see Stoke), with the specialized meaning ‘meeting place’, frequently referring to a holy place or church. Places in Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire having this origin use the spelling Stowe, but the spelling difference cannot be relied on as an indication of locality of origin. The final -e in part represents a trace of the Old English dative inflection.Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.A John Stowe settled in Roxbury, MA, and took the freeman’s oath in 1634.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name from Middle English strike, the stick used by a Striker.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : perhaps, as Reaney suggests, a variant of Strutt.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant of Stock.Probably an Americanized form of Stokke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English strike(n) ‘to stroke, smooth’, applied as an occupational name for someone whose job was to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from any of the numerous places called Stoke.Dutch : occupational name for a stoker, Middle Dutch stokere, or from the same word in the sense ‘fire raiser’, ‘arsonist’.Scottish : occupational name for a trumpeter, Gaelic stocaire, an agent derivative of stoc ‘Gaelic trumpet’. The name is borne by a sept of the McFarlanes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stride ‘(long) pace’ (from stride(n) ‘to walk with long steps’), presumably a nickname for someone with long legs or whose gait had a purposeful air, although Reaney and Wilson suggest it may also have been a topographic name for someone who lived by a crossing point over a stream, presumably no wider than a stride. They cite as an example a place known as The Strid, in North Yorkshire.
Boy/Male
English
From the village.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stroud.German (Ströde) : topographic name from a dialect word meaning ‘thicket’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Striker (from the Old English byform strÄcian).
Boy/Male
English
Stone
Surname or Lastname
English (southern)
English (southern) : habitational name from places in Gloucestershire and Middlesex, so named from Old English strÅd ‘marshy ground overgrown with brushwood’. Strood in Kent is named with the same word, and some examples of the surname are no doubt derived from this term in independent use.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on or by a strip of land, Old English strīp.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name, from Middle English, Old French trone ‘weighing machine’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stork ‘stork’, hence a nickname for a thin man with long legs, or perhaps occasionally a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a stork. In Yorkshire, where the name is most frequent, it may be a habitational name from a place so named (now known as Storkhill), near Beverley.North German : nickname for someone thought to resemble a stork, Middle Low German stork.German : habitational name from a place so named in Hesse.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.North German (Ströker) : from an agent derivative of Struck.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stoke.
Boy/Male
English
Village
STROKE NUMBER
STROKE NUMBER
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Joined; Integration
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, French, Latin
Blind; From the Roman Clan Name Caecilius
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire so called. The former, Sibetesdone in Domesday Book, is named with the Old English personal name Sigebed + dūn ‘hill’; the latter (Sibestune in Domesday Book) is named with the Old English personal name Sibbi or Sibba + tūn ‘settlement’.English : patronymic from the personal name Sib(be), which is a short form either of the female name Sibilla (see Sibley) or of the Middle English male name Sybald (see Sibbald).
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Sweet
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
A String of Flowers
Girl/Female
American, Finnish, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu
Holy One
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Vishnu and Rama Joined Together
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a spindle maker, from an agent derivative of Middle English spindle, Middle High German spindel, German Spindel, Yiddish shpindl ‘spindle’, ‘distaff’.
Boy/Male
Native American
Tempest.
Girl/Female
Australian, Polish
Bright
STROKE NUMBER
STROKE NUMBER
STROKE NUMBER
STROKE NUMBER
STROKE NUMBER
v. t.
The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
imp. & p. p.
of Stroke
n.
An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
v. t.
To strike.
v. t.
To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
v. t.
The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
v. t.
To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
v. t.
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
v. t.
To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
v. t.
To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
v. t.
To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
v. i.
To strike with a long stroke.
v. t.
A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.
a.
Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
n.
A stroke.
v. t.
A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
v. t.
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
v. t.
The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
v. t.
To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.