strike or silent (str i kor silent)

In horol., a piece which sets the striking-mechanism of a clock in or out of action. E. H. Knight. strike-pan (strik'pan), n. In sugar - manuf., same as teache or teache - pan. strike-pay (strik'pā), n. An allowance paid by a trades-union to men on strike. In one memorable case, at least, a great employer.. himself gave strike pay to his own men, when, under a sense of social duty, they left his works empty. Nineteenth Century, XXVI. 722.