Noun

(wikipedia stroke) (en noun)

An act of (gloss, moving one's hand over a surface).

A blow or hit.

* Bible, Deuteronomy xix. 5

His hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree.

* Francis Bacon

He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke .

A single movement with a tool.

# (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club.

# (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.

# (rowing) The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the vessel or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull.

# (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.

# A thrust of a piston.

One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.

the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or of an oar in rowing

the stroke of a skater, swimmer, etc.

A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.

a stroke''' of genius; a '''stroke''' of business; a master '''stroke of policy

A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement.

# (hence, British) The symbol .

# (linguistics) A line of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character.

The time when a clock strikes.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 9, author=John Percy, work=the Telegraph

, title= Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , passage=Already guarding a 1-0 lead from the first leg, Blackpool inched further ahead when Stephen Dobbie scored from an acute angle on the stroke of half-time. The game appeared to be completely beyond Birmingham’s reach three minutes into the second period when Matt Phillips reacted quickly to bundle the ball past Colin Doyle and off a post.}}

(swimming) A style, a single movement within a style.

* , chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.}}

(medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.

(obsolete) A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.

a stroke''' of apoplexy; the '''stroke of death

* Harte

At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.

(rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.

(rowing) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.

(professional wrestling) Backstage influence.

(squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.

(sciences) An individual discharge of lightning.

A flash of lightning may be made up of several strokes . If they are separated by enough time for the eye to distinguish them, the lightning will appear to flicker.

(obsolete) The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.

* Bible, Isa. xxx. 26

in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound

An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.

to give some finishing strokes to an essay

(Addison)

A throb or beat, as of the heart.

(Tennyson)

(obsolete) Power; influence.

* Robynson (More's Utopia)

where money beareth all the stroke

* Dryden

He has a great stroke with the reader.

(obsolete) appetite

(Jonathan Swift)

Noun

(en noun)

Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae'' or ''Arecaceae , which are mainly found in the tropics.

A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.

* Bible, Revelations vii. 9

A great multitude stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.

Noun

(en noun)

The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.

* Tennyson

Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm .

* 1990 October 28, , Warner Bros.

The open palm of desire wants everything.

The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.

A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height.

(sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.

The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.

(nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.