Strict

Exact, severe, rigorous; the contrary to mild, indulgent. Hence, a strict officer. It is sometimes used in a bad sense, to signify a petulant, troublesome commander. To STRIKE . This word is variously used in military phraseology, viz. To STRIKE at . To attack; to endeavor to destroy, directly or indirectly. To STRIKE off . To erase; to blot out; as to strike off the list of the army. This can only be done by the order of the president of the United States. To STRIKE a tent . In castrametation, to loosen the cords of a tent which has been regularly pitched, and to have it ready, in a few minutes, to throw upon a bat-horse or baggage waggon. To STRIKE terror into an enemy . To cause alarm and apprehension in him; to make him dread the effects of superior skill and valor. To STRIKE a blow . To make some decisive effort. To STRIKE the colors . This is properly a naval term, but it may be applied to military matters on some occasions. Thus at the battle of Fontenoy, when the British had driven the French out of the field, Louis XV. who was upon an eminence in the neighborhood with his guards, . ordered the royal standard to be struck , from a full persuasion that the day was lost.