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Strike
v. i.
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To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
Strike
v. i.
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To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
Strike
v. i.
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To steal money.
Strike
n.
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The act of striking.
Strike
n.
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An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
Strike
n.
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A bushel; four pecks.
Strike
n.
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An old measure of four bushels.
Strike
n.
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Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
Strike
n.
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An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
Strike
n.
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The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
Strike
n.
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A puddler's stirrer.
Strike
n.
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The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
Strike
n.
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The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
Striker
n.
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One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.
Striker
n.
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A harpoon; also, a harpooner.
Striker
n.
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A wencher; a lewd man.
Striker
n.
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A workman who is on a strike.
Striker
n.
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A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.
Striking
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a. & n. from Strike, v.
Striking
a.
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Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.
Strikle
n.
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See Strickle.
String
n.
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A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
String
n.
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A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.
String
n.
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A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
String
n.
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The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.
String
n.
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The line or cord of a bow.
String
n.
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A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
String
n.
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A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
String
n.
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An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
String
n.
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The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.