stricken

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1.Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.

Note: [See Strike, n.] [1913 Webster]

2.Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21. [1913 Webster]

Abraham was old and well stricken in age.— Gen. xxiv. 1.[1913 Webster]

3.Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]

He persevered for a stricken hour in such a torrent of unnecessary tattle.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

Speeches are spoken by the stricken hour, day after day, week, perhaps, after week.— Bayne.[1913 Webster]

1.To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile. [1913 Webster]

He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef. [1913 Webster]

3.To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. [1913 Webster]

They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts.— Ex. xii. 7.[1913 Webster]

Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.— Byron.[1913 Webster]

4.To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. [1913 Webster]

5.To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. [1913 Webster]

6.To punish; to afflict; to smite. [1913 Webster]

To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity.— Prov. xvii. 26.[1913 Webster]

7.To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march. [1913 Webster]

8.To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch. [1913 Webster]

9.To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror. [1913 Webster]

Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view.— Atterbury.[1913 Webster]

They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

10.To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind. [1913 Webster]

How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!— Landor.[1913 Webster]

11.To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light. [1913 Webster]

Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

12.To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. [1913 Webster]

13.To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. [1913 Webster]

Note: Probably borrowed from the L. foedus ferrire, to strike a compact, so called because an animal was struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions. [1913 Webster]

14.To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. [Old Slang] [1913 Webster]

15.To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top. [1913 Webster]

16.(Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. [1913 Webster]

17.To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail. [1913 Webster]

18.To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

19.To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards. [1913 Webster]

20.To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. [1913 Webster]

Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.— 2 Kings v. 11.[1913 Webster]

21.To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. "Well struck in years." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

To strike an attitude, To strike a balance. See under Attitude, and Balance.

To strike a jury (Law), to constitute a special jury ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to reduce it to the number of persons required by law. --Burrill.

To strike a lead. (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore. (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]

To strike a ledger or To strike an account, to balance it.

To strike hands with. (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell. (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.

To strike off. (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike off the interest of a debt. (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a thousand copies of a book. (c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.

To strike oil, to find petroleum when boring for it; figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang, U.S.]

To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish good luck. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

To strike out. (a) To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike out sparks with steel. (b) To blot out; to efface; to erase. "To methodize is as necessary as to strike out." --Pope. (c) To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent; to contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance. (d) (Baseball) To cause a player to strike out; -- said of the pitcher. See To strike out, under Strike, v. i.

To strike sail. See under Sail.

To strike up. (a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat. "Strike up the drums." --Shak. (b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune. (c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans, etc., by blows or pressure in a die.

To strike work, to quit work; to go on a strike. [1913 Webster]