'Strokeed' definitions:
Definition of 'Strokeed'
From: GCIDE
- Stroke \Stroke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Strokeing.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr. str[imac]can to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf. Straggle.]
- 1. To strike. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the wound, and it will close. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe. [1913 Webster]
- He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He stroked her cheeks. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make smooth by rubbing. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Strokeed'
- Stroke,
- Strokeing,
- Stroking,
- By-stroke,
- Crawl stroke,
- Cross stroke,
- Death stroke,
- Grace stroke,
- Hair stroke,
- Master stroke,
- Spot stroke,
- To keep stroke,
- Trudgen stroke,
- Wing stroke,
- backhand stroke,
- butterfly stroke,
- cam stroke,
- final stroke,
- forehand stroke,
- golf stroke,
- ground stroke,
- haemorrhagic stroke,
- hemorrhagic stroke,
- ischaemic stroke,
- ischemic stroke,
- key stroke,
- split stroke,
- stroke oar,
- stroke play,
- swimming stroke,
- tennis stroke,
- Dead-stroke,
- Dead-stroke hammer,
- four-stroke engine,
- four-stroke internal-combustion engine