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 Strike v. t. [imp. Struck p. p. Struck, Stricken (Stroock Strucken Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Striking. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than stricken.]
 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.
 He at Philippi kept
 His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck
 The lean and wrinkled Cassius.   --Shak.
 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.
 3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
    They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts.   --Ex. xii. 7.
    Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.   --Byron.
 4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
 5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
 6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
    To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity.   --Prov. xvii. 26.
 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.
 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.
 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.
    Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view.   --Atterbury.
    They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.   --Pope.
 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.
    How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!   --Landor.
 11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
 Waving wide her myrtle wand,
 She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.   --Milton.
 12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
 13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
 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.
 14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. [Old Slang]
 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.
 16. Masonry To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
 17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
 18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. [Slang]
 19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
 20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
    Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.   --2 Kings v. 11.
 21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. “Well struck in years.”
 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.