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Stroke
·vt Power; influence.
II. Stroke ·vt To make smooth by rubbing.
III. Stroke ·Impf <<Struck>>.
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stroke
To take a stroke: to take a bout with a woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stroke
A pull or single sweep of the oars in rowing; hence the order, "Row a long stroke," which is intende...
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Good
·vt To make good; to turn to good.
II. Good ·superl Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
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By-stroke
·noun An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
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Crawl stroke
·add. ·- A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes a...
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Dead-stroke
·adj Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
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Split stroke
·add. ·- In croquet, ·etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own a...
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Spot stroke
·add. ·- The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave t...
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Trudgen stroke
·add. ·- A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used;
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government stroke
n.
a lazy style of doingwork, explained in quotations. The phrase is not dead.
1856. W. W. Dobie, ...
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long stroke
The order to a boat's crew to stretch out and hang on her.
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stroke-oar
The aftermost oar in a boat, from which the others take their time.
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Good now
·- An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty.
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Good-by
(·noun / ·interj) ·Alt. of Good-bye.
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Good-bye
(·noun / ·interj) Farewell; a form of address used at parting. ·see the last Note under By, ·prep
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Good-den
·interj A form of salutation.
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Good-fellowship
·noun Agreeable companionship; companionableness.
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Good-humored
·adj Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. ·see Good-natured.
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Good-humoredly
·adv With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.
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Good-looking
·adj <<Handsome>>.
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Good-natured
·adj Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.
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Good-naturedly
·adv With maldness of temper.
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Good-tempered
·adj Having a good temper; not easily vexed. ·see Good-natured.
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Works, Good
The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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good man
A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich ma...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good woman
A nondescript, represented on a famous sign in St. Giles's, in the form of a common woman. but witho...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good luck
To tread in a surreverence, to be bewrayed: an allusion to the proverb, Sh-tt-n luck is good luck.
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beer-good
yest. Norf. and Suff.
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gods-good
yeast. Norf.
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good-day
a holiday. Staffordsh.
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good to
good for. He's nought good to : spoken of a good-for-nothing man.
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prime good
excellent. North.
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good reward
a ruddy countenance. N.
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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen.
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good shoaling
An approach to the shore by very gradual soundings.
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mark, a good
Australian slang.
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233:
«I wondered often what was the meaning of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by good rights
By right, by strict justice; as, "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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good-conduct badge
Marked by a chevron on the lower part of the sleeve, granted by the admiralty, and carrying a slight...
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stroke of the sea
The shock occasioned to a vessel by a heavy sea striking her.
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thorough-good-natured wench
One who being asked to sit down, will lie down.
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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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good-at-all-points
Practical in every particular.
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hold on, good sticks!
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is u...
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keeping a good offing
To keep well off shore while under sail, so as to be clear of danger should the wind suddenly shift ...
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make a good board
See board.
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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit.
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keep a good hold of the land
Is to hug it as near as it can safely be done.
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Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Gen. 2, 3). Adam and Eve were for...
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