strike
STRIKE, v.t. pret. struck; pp. struck and stricken; but struck is in the most common use. Strook is wholly obsolete. G., to pass, move or ramble, to depart, to touch, to stroke, to glide or glance over, to lower or strike, as sails, to curry; L., to sweep together, to spread, as a plaster, to play on a violin, to card, as wool, to strike or whip, as with a rod; a stroke, stripe or lash.
1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or an instrument; to give a blow to, either with the open hand, the fist, a stick, club or whip, or with a pointed instrument, or with a ball or an arrow discharged. An arrow struck the shield; a ball strikes a ship between wind and water.
He at Philippi kept his sword een like a dancer, while I struck the lean and wrinkled Cassius.
2. To dash; to throw with a quick motion.
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts. Exodus 12.
3. To stamp; to impress; to coin; as, to strike coin at the mint; to strike dollars or sovereigns; also, to print; as, to strike five hundred copies of a book.
4. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; as, a tree strikes its root deep.
5. To punish; to afflict; as smite is also used.
To punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. Proverbs 17.
6. To cause to sound; to notify by sound; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
7. To run upon; to be stranded. The ship struck at twelve, and remained fast.
8. To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
Now and then a beam of wit or passion strikes through the obscurity of the poem.
9. To lower a flag or colors in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of the ship to an enemy.
10. To break forth; as, to strike into reputation. Not in use.
To strike in, to enter suddenly; also, to recede from the surface, as an eruption; to disappear.
To strike in with, to conform to; to suit itself to; to join with at once.
To strike out, to wander; to make a sudden excursion; as, to strike out into an irregular course of life.
To strike, among workmen in manufactories, in England, is to quit work I a body or by combination, in order to compel their employers to raise their wages.
STRIKE, n.
1. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt and the like, for scraping off what is above the level of the top.
2. A bushel; four pecks. Local.
3. A measure of four bushels or half a quarter. Local.
Strike of flax, a handful that may be hackled at once. Local.
striking
STRIKING, ppr.
1. Hitting with a blow; impressing; imprinting; punishing; lowering, as sails or a mast, &c.
2. a. Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; as a striking representation or image.
3. Strong; exact; adapted to make impression; as a striking resemblance of features.
strikingly
STRIKINGLY, adv. In such a manner as to affect or surprise; forcibly; strongly; impressively.