strike

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• Strike

  ·vi To steal money. II. Strike ·noun A puddler's stirrer. III. Strike ·noun A bushel; four pecks. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• strike

  Twenty shillings. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• strike

  A combination among workmen to obtain an advance in wages. This, as well as the verb to strike, is n...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Ten-strike

  ·noun Any quick, decisive stroke or act. II. Ten-strike ·noun A knocking down of all ten pins at on...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• strike, to

  A ship strikes when she in any way touches the bottom. Also, to lower anything, as the ensign or top...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• strike down!

  The order to lower casks, &c., into the hold. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• strike soundings, to

  To gain bottom, or the first soundings, by the deep-sea lead, on coming in from sea. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• lead, to strike the

  See above. Used figurativelyfor to succeed. 1874. Garnet Walch, `Head over Heels,' p. 74: «We coul...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris