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Word Meanings - STROKING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order. 3. pl. (more info) 1. The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke. I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears. Milton.

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  • STROKER
    One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. Bp. Warburton.
  • STROKING
    The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order. 3. pl. (more info) 1. The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke. I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears. Milton.
  • STROKESMAN
    The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest. Totten.
  • CARESSINGLY
    In caressing manner.
  • FONDLER
    One who fondles. Johnson.
  • FONDLING
    The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart. Mickle.
  • BLANDISHMENT
    The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments.
  • ENDEARMENT
    The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.
  • STROKE
    Struck.
  • WHEEDLE
    1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax. The unlucky art of wheedling fools. Dryden. And wheedle a world that loves him not. Tennyson. 2. To grain, or get away, by flattery. A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,
  • FONDLY
    1. Foolishly. Verstegan . Make him speak fondly like a frantic man. Shak. 2. In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. My heart, untarveled, fondly turns to thee. Goldsmith.
  • FONDLE
    To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child. Syn.- See Caress. (more info) Etym:
  • CARESS
    An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. Wooed her with his soft caresses. Langfellow. He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command.
  • CRAWL STROKE
    A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee.
  • BY-STROKE
    An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
  • SPLIT SHOT; SPLIT STROKE
    In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed in contact.
  • COUNTERSTROKE
    A stroke or blow in return. Spenser.
  • DEAD-STROKE
    Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. Dead-stroke hammer , a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.
  • TRUDGEN STROKE
    A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; -- so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often erroneously written trudgeon.
  • UPSTROKE
    An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made. Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega. Mrs. Browning.
  • INSTROKE
    An inward stroke; specif., in a steam or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crank shaft; -- opposed to outstroke.
  • HANDYSTROKE
    A blow with the hand.
  • DOWNSTROKE
    A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
  • SUNSTROKE
    Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally;
  • SPOT STROKE
    The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.

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