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Stroke
·vt Power; influence. II. Stroke ·vt To make smooth by rubbing. III. Stroke ·Impf <<Struck>>. IV....

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stroke
To take a stroke: to take a bout with a woman. ...

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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; — so called from its use by an ...

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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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good stroke
Used in the sense of considerable; as, 'a good stroke of business.'--Brockett's North County Words. ...

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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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stroke of the sea
The shock occasioned to a vessel by a heavy sea striking her. ...

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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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