"This ancient participle," says Mr. Pickering, is much used in Congress and our other legislative assemblies. A member moves that certain parts of a bill should be stricken out," &c.--Vocabulary.
The use of the word referred to by Mr. Pickering is peculiar to us, though there are examples of its occasional use in England applied in other ways.
Many of the foreigners were much stricken with the splendor of scene.--London Statesman, June 10, 1814.