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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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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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Split
·adj Divided; cleft. II. Split ·adj Divided deeply; cleft. III. Split ·vi To burst with laughter. ...

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split
1) A division. The fiery spirit which has occasioned a split among the British Archæologists, would...

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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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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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Split dynamometer
·add. ·- An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that one carries the primary current, ...

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Split infinitive
·add. ·- A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to large...

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Split key
·add. ·- A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose. ...

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Split shot
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Split stroke. ...

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Split stitch
·add. ·- A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, much used in old church embroidery to wo...

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Split stuff
·add. ·- Timber sawn into lengths and then split. ...

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Split switch
·add. ·- = Point switch. ...

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Split wheel
·add. ·- = Split pulley. ...

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Split-tail
·noun The pintail duck. II. Split-tail ·noun A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus)...

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Split-tongued
·adj Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards. ...

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split crow
The sign of the spread eagle, which being represented with two heads on one neck, gives it somewhat ...

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split cause
A lawyer. ...

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split fig
A grocer. ...

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split iron
The nick-name for a smith. ...

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split-stuff
n. timber sawn into lengths andthen split. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. ...

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full split
With the greatest violence and impetuosity.--Craven Glossary. In common use in the United States in ...

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split ticket
When two or more important offices are to be filled at the same time, the wire-pullers of each party...

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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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flag-side of a split fish
The side without the bone. ...

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