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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
Phase of an engine piston's travel
piston engine (e.g. two-stroke engine, four-stroke engine). "Stroke length", the distance travelled by the piston during each cycle. The stroke length
Stroke_(engine)
Engine type
A two-stroke diesel engine is a diesel engine that uses compression ignition in a two-stroke combustion cycle. It was invented by Hugo Güldner in 1899
Two-stroke_diesel_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
Internal combustion engine designs
six-stroke engine is one of several alternative internal combustion engine designs that attempt to improve on traditional two-stroke and four-stroke engines
Six-stroke_engine
Type of motor oil
use in crankcase compression two-stroke engines, typical of small gasoline-powered engines. Unlike a four-stroke engine, the crankcase of which is closed
Two-stroke_oil
Two-and-four stroke engines
Two- and four-stroke engines are engines that combine elements from both two-stroke and four-stroke engines. They usually incorporate two pistons. The
Two-_and_four-stroke_engines
Scottish engineer (1854–1932)
was a Scottish engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine in 1878 and patented it in England in 1881. He was a graduate of Anderson's
Dugald_Clerk
Conceptual engine
The five-stroke engine is a compound internal combustion engine patented by Gerhard Schmitz in 2000. The goal of the five-stroke engine is to achieve higher
Five-stroke_engine
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
Swedish automobile engine
The Saab two-stroke was a two-stroke cycle, inline, two cylinder, and later three cylinder engine manufactured by Swedish automotive manufacturer Saab
Saab_two-stroke
Engine in which fuel combusts with an oxidizer
familiar two-stroke and four-stroke piston engines, along with variants, such as the six-stroke piston engine and the Wankel rotary engine. A second
Internal_combustion_engine
Inline piston engine with two cylinders
engines use 180 degree crankshafts. Two-stroke engines typically use a 180 degree crankshaft, since this results in two evenly-spaced power strokes per
Straight-twin_engine
on two-strokes for longer than most. Their first four-stroke engine was the SOHC F8A, which appeared in 1977. Suzuki continued to offer a two-stroke engine
List_of_Suzuki_engines
Thermodynamic cycle
that had a short compression stroke and a longer expansion stroke. The first Atkinson-cycle engine, the differential engine, used opposed pistons. The second
Atkinson_cycle
Combustion engine using disks compressing fuel in the same cylinder
opposed-piston engines include Cummins, Achates Power, and Fairbanks-Morse Defense (FMDefense). Compared to contemporary two-stroke engines, which use a
Opposed-piston_engine
Type of engine
advances in engine and vehicle design. Compared with straight-four engines, which always have a cylinder on its power stroke, straight-three engines have intervals
Straight-three_engine
Mechanical measurement
following terms are used to label bore/stroke ratio: A square engine has equal bore and stroke dimensions, giving a bore/stroke value of exactly 1:1. 1953 – Ferrari
Stroke_ratio
Type of motorcycle
provides the force needed to start the 48cc two stroke engine, or can be ridden like a bicycle when the engine is disengaged. The later models feature a
Puch_Maxi
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
Car model
also one of the last West German production cars equipped with a two-stroke engine, the last being the Goggomobil. The last European built Auto Union
DKW_F102
Crankshaft housing in reciprocating combustion engines
a piston engine that surrounds the crankshaft. In most modern engines, the crankcase is integrated into the engine block. Two-stroke engines typically
Crankcase
Motor vehicle
as the two-stroke engine became increasingly uncompetitive in the US market due to emissions regulations, a switch to the Ford Taunus V4 engine was made
Saab_Sonett
Type of internal combustion engine that uses compression to create combustion
diesel engines put in service are 14-cylinder, two-stroke marine diesel engines; they produce a peak power of almost 100 MW each. Diesel engines may be
Diesel_engine
East German automobile brand
galvanised steel unibody chassis, front-wheel drive, a transverse two-stroke engine, and independent suspension. Because this 1950s design remained largely
Trabant
Valve where rotation of passages in a plug controls flow direction
Loading sample on chromatography columns. Certain types of two-stroke and four-stroke engines. Most hydraulic automotive power steering control valves.
Rotary_valve
Internal combustion engine
Benelli 750 Sei motorcycle engine to the 10,972.2 L (669,565 cu in) Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C two-stroke marine diesel engine. Due to its well-balanced configuration
Straight-six_engine
Piston engine with one cylinder
trimmers). Single-cylinder engines are made both as 4-strokes and 2-strokes. Compared with multi-cylinder engines, single-cylinder engines are usually simpler
Single-cylinder_engine
combined a lightweight frame and good handling with a liquid-cooled two-stroke engine and six-speed close-ratio transmission. Although only being manufactured
Honda_TRX250R
Type of motorcycle
features a 150 cc engine capable of a listed maximum speed of 59 mph (95 km/h). The LX 150, like all modern Vespa scooters features a 4-stroke single overhead
Piaggio_Vespa_LX
Type of two-stroke internal combustion engine
The split-single engine (British English; twingle engine in U.S. English) is a type of two-stroke internal combustion engine where two cylinders share
Split-single_engine
Machine component used to compress or contain expanding fluids in a cylinder
mounted within the piston: unlike the steam engine, there is no piston rod or crosshead (except big two stroke engines). The typical piston design is on the
Piston
Device used to start an internal combustion engine
cycle. In a four-stroke engine, the third stroke releases energy from the fuel, powering the fourth (exhaust) stroke and also the first two (intake, compression)
Starter_(engine)
Engine utilising one or more reciprocating pistons
optically accessible, two-stroke engine HowStuffWorks: How Car Engines Work Reciprocating Engines at Infoplease. Piston Engines at the US Centennial of
Reciprocating_engine
Brand of internal combustion engines
the world's largest producers of light piston engines. Rotax four-stroke and advanced two-stroke engines are used in a wide variety of small land, sea
Rotax
Retarding forces within an engine used to slow a vehicle
small air conditioning compressor. Engine braking in a premix two-stroke engine can be extremely harmful to the engine, because cylinder and piston lubricant
Engine_braking
Type of motorcycle
critics complained about the noise level of the large water cooled two stroke engine, which had a catalytic converter. EP 0757950 A2 - Patent - Thomas
Italjet_Dragster
Line of all-terrain vehicles
(185 kg), 1981-1984 - 430 lb (200 kg) Engine: Piston port two-stroke single Bore: 70 mm (2.8 in), 78.5 mm (3.09 in) Stroke: 64.4 mm (2.54 in) Displacement:
Honda_Odyssey_(ATV)
Mixture formation system
additional benefits for two-stroke engines related to scavenging of exhaust gases and lubrication of the crankcase. Most two-stroke engines have both intake
Gasoline_direct_injection
Type of internal combustion engine
bank. It is a rare configuration, which has been mostly used in two-stroke engines for motorcycles competing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The first
V3_engine
Italian motorcycle manufacturer
annual production of 40,000 motorbikes, with eight models powered by two-stroke engines ranging from 125 cc to 350 cc. Many of the Harley-Davidson models
Cagiva
Car model
were produced. The engine was a transversely-mounted, water-cooled two-cylinder, two-stroke 764 cc displacement, 25 hp (19 kW) engine based on a DKW design
Saab_92
Type of two-stroke engine
two-stroke power valve system is an improvement to a conventional two-stroke engine that gives a high power output over a wider RPM range. A stroke is
Two-stroke_power_valve_system
Third Trabant model produced by VEB Sachsenring (1964–1990)
The car body was made of Duroplast. The main letdown was the engine, which was a two-stroke based on a pre-war DKW. It was competitive when launched, but
Trabant_601
1956–1991 automobile brand of VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach
the 1950s until the late 1980s, Wartburgs featured a three-cylinder two-stroke engine with only seven major moving parts: three pistons, three connecting
Wartburg_(marque)
Internal combustion engine designed to run on gasoline
George Brayton in 1873. Most petrol engines use either the four-stroke Otto cycle or the two-stroke cycle. Petrol engines have also been produced using the
Petrol_engine
Process used in internal combustion engines
Scavenging is equally important for both two-stroke and four-stroke engines. Most modern four-stroke engines use crossflow cylinder heads and valve timing
Scavenging_(engine)
Combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design
form, the Wankel engine has lower thermal efficiency and higher exhaust emissions relative to the four-stroke reciprocating engine. This thermal inefficiency
Wankel_engine
Motor vehicle
featured aerodynamic two-door bodywork, four-passenger seating and at first a two-stroke, three-cylinder engine, later a four-stroke V4. Compared with its
Saab_96
Flammable substances added to aid engine combustion
regular use with some two-stroke engines because it does not possess lubricating qualities by itself. Lubrication for two-stroke engines is achieved using
Starting_fluid
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The D-400 series engine or the Iron Horse engine was a light-duty two-stroke engine used for powering lawnmowers produced from the 1950s to the late 1970s
D-400_engine
Automobile engine
its original two-stroke engine. Since the Saab 96 was used for rallying it was also tuned. In the rally versions it was bored and stroked to 1.8 and 1
Ford_Taunus_V4_engine
Final production series model produced by Trabant (1990–1991)
Zwickau. Unlike its predecessors, which have a two-stroke engine, the Trabant 1.1 has a four-stroke engine. In total, 39,474 units of the Trabant 1.1 were
Trabant_1.1
Type of motorcycle
The Yamaha RX-K 135 is a two-stroke engine motorcycle manufactured by the Yamaha Motor Company in Southeast Asia. It was also known as RX-King in Indonesia
Yamaha_RX-King_135
Medium-sized family car produced by AWE
origins were ultimately derived from a 1938 DKW design and powered by a two-stroke engine with only seven major moving parts: three pistons, three connecting
Wartburg_353
Type of steam engine
resembles that of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, and it is possible to convert a two-stroke engine to a uniflow steam engine by feeding the cylinder
Uniflow_steam_engine
Motor vehicle
variations, including pickup, sedan, limousine, coupé, and as a two-seat roadster. The two-stroke engine was enlarged to 992 cc in 1962. An interim model, called
Wartburg_311
Instrument measuring the rotation speed of a shaft or disk
for engine revolutions and the other for vehicle speed. In formal engineering nomenclature, more precise terms[which?] are used to distinguish the two. The
Tachometer
Motor vehicle
limited numbers. The car was known for its two-stroke engine. A number of European auto-makers produced two-stroke powered cars in the 1950s, but by the time
DKW_Junior
Alternative vehicle power source
consisted of a 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) two-stroke flat engine, which for the Junkers Jumo 004 design was hidden in the engine nose cone, essentially functioning
Auxiliary_power_unit
Classification standard for two stroke engine oils
JASO M345 is a quality classification standard for two stroke engine oils for engines of Japanese origin. It was introduced by the Japanese Automotive
JASO_M345
Car model
production until the end of 1959. The two cars were broadly similar, but the new car had its two-stroke engine enlarged to 981 cc yielding a 10% - 37%
Auto_Union_1000
Small engine ignition system
outside of the engine. The points sometimes were under the flywheel for two-stroke engines, and commonly on the camshaft for four-stroke engines. This system
Capacitor_discharge_ignition
Light tank or possibly armoured car
millimetres thick. The vehicle was powered by a single-cylinder two-stroke motorcycle engine. The only clues as to the vehicle's function are its exterior
Kugelpanzer
Optimisation of exhaust system geometry
the exhaust port at a particular time in the combustion cycle. In two-stroke engines where the exhaust port is opened by being uncovered by the piston
Tuned_exhaust
Car model
only) as the DKW 900. The 3=6's notable features included its 896cc two-stroke engine and front-wheel drive layout, along with the sure-footed handling
DKW_3=6
the crankshaft is arranged such that the engine pistons pass through top dead centre during the swinging stroke. As the ignition system is normally arranged
Aircraft_engine_starting
patented a reliable two-stroke gas engine. In 1892, Rudolf Diesel developed the first compressed charge, compression ignition engine. In 1954 German engineer
History of the internal combustion engine
History_of_the_internal_combustion_engine
Type of motorcycle
motorcycle was designed by Makoto Hase using the proven square-four, two stroke engine architecture that Suzuki had developed during their successful Grand
Suzuki_RG_500
Piston engine starting system
The Coffman engine starter (also known as a "shotgun starter") was a starting system used on many piston engines in aircraft and armored vehicles of the
Coffman_engine_starter
Four-stroking is a condition of two-stroke engines where combustion occurs every four strokes or more, rather than every two. Though normal in some instances
Four-stroking
Racing ATV
combined a lightweight fully suspended frame with a 249cc liquid cooled two stroke engine. Nicknamed by Suzuki as the QuadRacer, it revolutionized the (ATV
Suzuki_LT250R
Motor vehicle
was powered by a longitudinally-mounted three-cylinder 748 cc Saab two-stroke engine giving 33 hp (25 kW). The gearbox had three gears, the first unsynchronised
Saab_93
Type of internal combustion engine
The Bourke engine was an attempt by Russell Bourke in the 1920s to improve the two-stroke internal combustion engine. Despite finishing his design and
Bourke_engine
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
EJ-series engine which was introduced in 1989 and the first generation EA-series which was introduced in 1966. By increasing piston stroke and decreasing
Subaru_FB_engine
Type of motorcycle
motorcycle racing series. The motorcycle was powered by a 494 cc two stroke engine, and used an aluminium monocoque frame, similar to the 1979 Honda
Kawasaki_KR500
Lubrication system on a two-stroke engine
called autolube or auto-lube) refers to a lubrication system on a two-stroke engine, in which the oil is automatically mixed with fuel and manual oil-fuel
Automatic_lubrication
Japanese automobile produced by Suzuki
older Lloyd LP400, and as such had a transversely mounted two-cylinder, two-stroke engine driving the front wheels. Suspension was independent on all
Suzuki_Fronte
Type of engine
Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over heat dissipation fins or hot areas of the engine to cool them in order to keep the engine within
Air-cooled_engine
Japanese twin-cylinder, two-stroke engine
in-line, two-stroke engine that was designed for snowmobiles and produced by Kawasaki Heavy Industries until the early 1980s. The engine was widely
Kawasaki_440
Engine that powers a motorcycle
motorcycle engine is an engine that powers a motorcycle. Motorcycle engines are typically two-stroke or four-stroke internal combustion engines, but other
Motorcycle_engine
Type of check valve
Reed valves are commonly used in high-performance versions of the two-stroke engine, where they control the fuel-air mixture admitted to the cylinder
Reed_valve
English engineer
the extremely widely used crankcase-compression two-stroke petrol engine, as used for small engines from lawnmowers to mopeds and small motorcycles.
Joseph_Day_(inventor)
Type of engine created by Toyota
4A and 7A engines of the preceding A family of engines. The two 1.8 L members of the family, the 1ZZ and 2ZZ, use different bore and stroke. The former
Toyota_ZZ_engine
Systems for generating thrust for ships and boats on water
marine steam engine, introduced in the early 19th century. During the 20th century it was replaced by two-stroke or four-stroke diesel engines, outboard
Marine_propulsion
Automobile by Saab
Automobile AB from 1958 to 1968. They were powered by three-cylinder, two-stroke engines until the 1967 model year. Most variants were distinguished from the
Saab_Granturismo
pulse jet engines and in two-stroke piston engines and is important in the design of high-performance motorcycle engines. In a two-stroke engine the pressure-drop
Kadenacy_effect
Type of motorcycle
buying and building Blasters that compete with modern day four-strokes. Its two-stroke engine is easily modified and a large aftermarket now exists for the
Yamaha_Blaster
Three-wheeled ATV produced by Honda in the 80s
with an air-cooled, 248 cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine, but would see a liquid-cooled, 246 cc engine by 1985. All model years were fully suspended
Honda_ATC250R
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
four-stroke engine from an original head and cylinder block and documented the work on Youtube. He also has the EMC two-cylinder two-stroke engine which
BMC_A-series_engine
Type of motorcycle
importer built more of them from its spare parts inventory. The two-stroke engine of the Maicoletta used an unusual starter that rocked the crankshaft
Maicoletta
Positions of an engine's piston at the top or bottom of its stroke
will be at TDC of the compression stroke, the other on TDC of the exhaust stroke. In the straight-4 configuration, the two end pistons (pistons 1 and 4) reach
Dead_centre_(engineering)
Japanese motorcycle made beginning 1966
single-cylinder two-stroke engine and rotary valve being examples. The Suzuki A100 is powered by a 98 cc (6.0 cu in) rotary valve two-stroke single cylinder
Suzuki_A100
Part of a piston engine lubrication system
and large (non-petrol) two-stroke engines used in locomotives and ships may have either wet or dry sumps. Large two-stroke engines do not use crankcase
Wet_sump
Motor vehicle
first engine was an 841 cc three-cylinder two-stroke, but from 1967 onward, it became available with the same four-stroke Ford Taunus V4 engine as available
Saab_95
Cylinder design in two-stroke engines
Schnuerle porting is a system to improve efficiency of a valveless two-stroke engine by giving better scavenging. The intake and exhaust ports cut in the
Schnuerle_porting
Motor vehicle
The DKW F8 is a compact front-wheel drive two-stroke engined saloon, introduced in 1939. The F8 was slightly shorter than its predecessor despite having
DKW_F8
Motor vehicle
The DKW Typ 4=8 is a small rear-wheel drive two-stroke V4 engined car produced at the company's Spandau plant by DKW (later part of the Auto Union). It
DKW_Typ_4=8
Vehicle engine whose crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel
air-cooled two-stroke engines with poor performance, the gearbox-in-sump arrangement meant that an 848 cc four-cylinder water-cooled engine could be fitted
Transverse_engine
Brand of personal watercraft
Suzuki two-stroke engine. During the later years of Wetbikes (late 1980s) there were considerable advances, such as 60 hp Suzuki 800 cc engines, and Metton
Wetbike
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name from Middle English strike, the stick used by a Striker.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant of Stock.Probably an Americanized form of Stokke.
Boy/Male
English
Village
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stroud.German (Ströde) : topographic name from a dialect word meaning ‘thicket’.
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 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 : 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.
Boy/Male
English
Stone
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name, from Middle English, Old French trone ‘weighing machine’.
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of English Tom, TWM means "twin."
Male
Polish
Polish form of Latin Ivo, IWO means "yew tree."
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : variant of Stoke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Striker (from the Old English byform strÄcian).
Boy/Male
English
From the village.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.North German (Ströker) : from an agent derivative of Struck.
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.
TWO STROKE-ENGINE
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Girl/Female
American, British, English, Norwegian
From the Old House
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Sun; Fame
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Smart and Beautiful
Boy/Male
Hindu
Clear
Girl/Female
Muslim
Pure
Boy/Male
Biblical
That hears or obeys, my reputation, my fame.
Boy/Male
Norse
Thor's spirit.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Scandinavian, Teutonic
Thor's Stone
Biblical
that draws violently
Female
Welsh
Welsh name for Irish BrÃghid, FFRAID means "exalted one."
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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.
A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
imp. & p. p.
of Stroke
v. t.
The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
v. t.
To strike.
v. t.
The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
v. t.
To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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. i.
To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
v. t.
To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
v. t.
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
v. i.
To strike with a long stroke.
v. t.
To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
n.
A stroke.
v. t.
To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
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. 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.
v. t.
To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
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.