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striking |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck}, {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr & vb n. {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS str[=i]can to go proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub, stroke, strike, to move go G. streichen OHG. str[=i]hhan, L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a row, a furrow. Cf {Streak}, {Stroke}.] 1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to either with the hand or with any instrument or missile. He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. --Shak. 2. To come in collision with to strike against; as a bullet struck him the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef. 3. To give as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to to dash; to cast. They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts --Ex. xii. 7. Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. --Byron. 4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. 5. To thrust in to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as a tree strikes its roots deep. 6. To punish; to afflict; to smite. To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity. --Prov. xvii. 26. 7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march. 8. To lower; to let or take down to remove; as to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch. 9. To make a sudden impression upon as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror. Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view. --Atterbury. They please as beauties, here as wonders strike. --Pope. 10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind. How often has stricken you dumb with his irony! --Landor. 11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as to strike a light. Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. --Milton. 12. To cause to ignite; as to strike a match. 13. To make and ratify; as to strike a bargain. Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[oe]dus ferrire, to strike a compact, so called because an animal was struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions. 14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as to strike money. [Old Slang] 15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top 16. (Masonry) To cut off as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. 17. To hit upon or light upon suddenly; as my eye struck a strange word they soon struck the trail. 18. To borrow money of to make a demand upon as he struck a friend for five dollars. [Slang] 19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards. 20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand over the place and recover the leper. --2 Kings v. 11. 21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. ``Well struck in years.'' --Shak. {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under {Attitude}, and {Balance}. {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to reduce it to the number of persons required by law. --Burrill. {To strike a lead}. a (Mining) To find a vein of ore. b Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.] {To strike} {a ledger, or an account}, to balance it {To strike hands with}. a To shake hands with --Halliwell. b To make a compact or agreement with to agree with {To strike off}. a To erase from an account; to deduct; as to strike off the interest of a debt. b (Print.) To impress; to print; as to strike off a thousand copies of a book. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Striking \Strik"ing\, a. & n. from {Strike}, v. {Striking distance}, the distance through which an object can be reached by striking; the distance at which a force is effective when directed to a particular object. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Striking \Strik"ing\, a. Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance. ``A striking fact.'' --De Quincey. -- {Strik"ing*ly}, adv -- {Strik"ing*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: striking adj 1: sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation" [syn: {dramatic}, {spectacular}] 2: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" [syn: {outstanding}, {prominent}, {salient}, {spectacular}] n 1: the physical coming together of two or more things "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" [syn: {contact}, {impinging}] 2: a act of hitting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" [syn: {hit}, {hitting}]
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