stroemite

[After Herr Stroem, of Sweden; suff. -ite ( Min.); Ger. strömit.] Min.: The same as RHODOCHROSITE (q. v.). *str of, pret . of v . [STRIVE, υ.] strog-an-o-vite, s. [After Count Stroganov; suff. -ite ( Min .); Ger. stroganowit .] Min.: An altered form of Scapolite (q. v.), containing carbonate of lime. Found at Sludianka, Transbaikal. *stroie, v . t . [STROY.] *stroi-er, s . [STROYER.] strō-kal, s. [STROCAL.] *strōke, *strook, pret . of v . [STRIKE, v.] strōke, *strōak, *str ok, *strook, s. [A. S. strác, patriot itch I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) A blow, a knock; the striking of one body against another; the action of one body upon another when brought into sudden contact with it; the sudden effect of forcible contact; spec if., a blow struck by means of the human arm; a blow with a weapon; a hostile blow. "And, with his ax, repeated strokes bestows On the strong doors." Dryden: Virgil's Eneid, ii. 656. (2) The moment of striking (applied to a clock); the sound of a clock striking the hours. ( Shakesp .: Richard III ., iii. 2.) (3) A dash in writing or printing; the touch of a pen or pencil. "But imitative strokes can do no more Than please the eye." Cowper: Task , i. 426. (5) A care , a stroking; a gentle rubbing with the hand, expre ive of kindne . 2. Figuratively : (1) The agency of any hostile and pernicious power; fatal a ault or attack. "Dased am I, much like vnto the gise, Of one striken with dint of lightening, Blind with the stroke , and crying here and there." Wyat: Louer describing his being striken. (2) A sudden attack of disease or affliction;, calamity, distre , mishap. [.] "Some distre ful stroke that my youth suffered." Shakesp.: Othello, i. 3. *(3) A sudden burst or flash. "A stroke of cruel sunshine on the cliff." Tennyson: Prince , iv. 513. (4) A touch; an effort; an attempt. (Usually in a good sense; as, a bold stroke, a master stroke.) (5) A series of operations; as, to do a good stroke of busine . *(6) Power, efficacy, influence. "He has a great stroke with the reader, when he condemns any of my poems, to make the world have a better opinion of them."- Dryden . ( Todd .) IMG:content-0438.png:[blocks in formation] "Finishing the stroke with a jerk."- Field , Sept. 4, 1886. (2) The stroke-oar or strokes man of a boat. " Stroke still requires more life, his feather also is not always as clear as it might be."- Field , March 5, 1887. 3. Steam-eng.: The length of rectilinear motion of a piston, pump-rod, plunger, . The stroke of a valve is called its travel or throw. Stroke of paralysis or apoplexy : Pathol.: A sudden attack of paralysis or apoplexy.