strocalt, strocklet, stroclet

See strokle. strode (strōd). Preterit of stride. stroft. An obsolete form of the preterit of strive. stroglet, v. i. A Middle English form of struggle. stroit, v. t. See stroy. Ps. xxxix. 10. When I did speak of some distre ful stroke That my youth suffer'd. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 157. She'll make you shrink, as I did, with a stroke But of her eye, Tigranes. Beau, and Fl., King and No King, i. 1. A stroke of cruel sunshine on the cliff. Tennyson, Prince , iv. 8. A sound of striking; a resonant concu ion; a giving out of sounds by striking: as, the strokes of a bell or a hammer; the clock is on (that is, on the point of giving out) the stroke of twelve. His hour's upon the stroke . Beau , and Fl ., Thierry and Theodoret, iii. 2. 9. An effective movement, action, or expre ion; an energetic touch, effort, or exertion; a piece or course of activity: as, a good stroke of busine ; he will not do a stroke of work; a bold stroke for liberty. artfully, are those which most delight the reader. The boldest strokes of poetry, when they are managed Dryden, State of Innocence, Pref. I am heartily glad to hear Mr. Cook has given the finishing stroke to your fine chapel. Dr. Plot , in Letters of Eminent Men, I. 74. Christianity [is] the greatest and happiest stroke ever yet made for human perfection. M. Arnold , Literature and Dogma, iv. 10. A trait; a feature; a characteristic. In its main strokes , it accords with the Aristo tele an philosophy. Parker , Platonic Philosophy, 2d ed., p. 42.