Strike

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.

To strike a lead
a -	(Mining) To find a vein of ore. - Burrill.
b -	Fig.: To find a way to fortune.

To strike a ledger
to balance it.

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

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.

To strike one luck
to shake hands with one and wish good luck.

To strike out
a -	To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike out sparks with steel. - Beau. & Fl.
b -	To blot out; to efface; to erase
c -	To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent; to contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance. - Pope.
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
b -	To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune. - Shak.
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.

v. i.

To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.

A mouse . . . struck forth sternly [bodily].

- Piers Plowman.

To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.

And fiercely took his trenchant blade in hand,
With which he stroke so furious and so fell.

- Spenser.

Strike now, or else the iron cools.

- Shak.

To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.

To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.

A deep sound strikes like a rising knell.

- Byron.

To make an attack; to aim a blow.

A puny subject strikes
At thy great glory.

- Shak.

Struck for throne, and striking found his doom.

- Tennyson.

To touch; to act by appulse.

Hinder light but from striking on it [porphyry], and its colors vanish.

- Locke.

To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.

To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

Till a dart strike through his liver.

- Prov. vii. 23.

Now and then a glittering beam of wit or passion strikes through the obscurity of the poem.

- Dryden.

To break forth; to commence suddenly; - with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.

10.

To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.

That the English ships of war should not strike in the Danish seas.

- Bp. Burnet.

11.

To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.

12.

To become attached to something; - said of the spat of oysters.

13.

To steal money.

To strike at
to aim a blow at.

To strike for
to start suddenly on a course for.

To strike home
to give a blow which reaches its object, to strike with effect.

To strike in
a -	To enter suddenly
b -	To disappear from the surface, with internal effects, as an eruptive disease
c -	To come in suddenly; to interpose; to interrupt
d -	To join in after another has begun,as in singing. - Evelyn.

To strike in with
to conform to; to suit itself to; to side with, to join with at once.

To strike out
a -	To start; to wander; to make a sudden excursion; as, to strike out into an irregular course of life. - South.
b -	To strike with full force
c -	(Baseball) To be put out for not hitting the ball during one's turn at the bat.

To strike up
to commence to play as a musician; to begin to sound, as an instrument. - Shak.

The act of striking.

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.

A bushel; four pecks.

An old measure of four bushels.

Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.

Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike.

- Sir W. Scott.

An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, usually organized by a labor union, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.

Strikes are the insurrections of labor.

- F. A. Walker.

(Iron Working) A puddler's stirrer.

(Geol.) 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.

10.

The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.

11.

A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden success or good fortune, esp. financial.

12.

(Bowling, U. S.) The act of leveling all the pins with the first bowl; also, the score thus made. Sometimes called double spare. Throwing a strike entitles the player to add to the score for that frame the total number of pins knocked down in the next two bowls.

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(Baseball) Any actual or constructive striking at the pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so pitched that the batter should have struck at it.

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(Tenpins) Same as Ten-strike.

Strike block
(Carp.) a plane shorter than a jointer, used for fitting a short joint.

Strike of flax
a handful that may be hackled at once. - Moxon.

Strike of sugar
a -	(Sugar Making) The act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the coolers - Chaucer.
b -	The quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.

Noun	1.	strike - a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" Synonyms: work stoppage
	2.	strike - an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn"
	3.	strike - a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"
	4.	strike - a gentle blow Synonyms: rap, tap
	5.	strike - a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame" Synonyms: ten-strike
	6.	strike - a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" Synonyms: hit, smasher, bang, smash
Verb	1.	strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" Synonyms: collide with, impinge on, hit, run into
	2.	strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
	3.	strike - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" Synonyms: impress, affect, move
	4.	strike - make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" Synonyms: hit
	5.	strike - indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck"
	6.	strike - affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" Synonyms: hit
	7.	strike - stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met" Synonyms: walk out
	8.	strike - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" Synonyms: shine, fall
	9.	strike - attain; "The horse finally struck a pace" Synonyms: come to
	10.	strike - produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note" Synonyms: hit
	11.	strike - cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"
	12.	strike - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, attain, discover
	13.	strike - produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match"
	14.	strike - remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this remark from the record" Synonyms: excise, expunge
	15.	strike - cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" Synonyms: come to, hit
	16.	strike - drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" Synonyms: hit
	17.	strike - occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" Synonyms: assume, take up, take
	18.	strike - form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" Synonyms: mint, coin
	19.	strike - smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" Synonyms: strickle
	20.	strike - pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats"
	21.	strike - arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"

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