strobiliferous 
Strobiliferous (strob-i-lif'e-rus), a. [< L. stro- 
bilits (see strobile, 2) + ferrc = E. Bear 1 .] In 
znol., bearing a strobile or chain of zooids: as, 
the strnhUiferous stage of an acaleph or a worm. 
Strobiliform (stro-bil'i-form), a. [< L. strobi- 
lus (see strobile) forma, form.] lu bot. and 
,:<;'., having the form or character of a strobile. 
strobiline (strob'i-lin), a. [< Gr. arpofli/ni,<. 
of or like a pine-cone, < oTp6pt).of, a pine-cone : 
see strobila."] Of or pertaining to a strobile or 
strobiles ; Strobiliform ; strobilaceous. 
strobilitet (strob'i-lit), n. [< Gr. aTp6/)i%o(, a 
pine-cone, + -ife 2 .] A fossil pine-cone, or some- 
tiling supposed to be the fruit of a coniferous 
tree. 
stabilization (stroVi-li-za'shon), n. [< strobile 
+ -to 1 + -niton.] Same as strbbiUition. 
The second mode of reproduction [of Scyphistoma}, the 
process of strobilization, begins later. 
Claus, Zoiil. (trans.), p. 256. 
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stroking 
2. In rowing, specifically (n) The manner or Indoor stroke. See outdoor 3.- Split stroke See, w. 
stvlo of moving the oars or innkinff strokes- the -Stroke of t!ie glottis. To keep stroke, 
styie 01 moving tne oais or maKingsnones, in m ,.,- ,,, .,. ,|,,. , l:ll> ,,, 
handling of the oars: as, to set the stroke for stroke' (slrok), r. /. ; mvt. and }<}>. stroked, ppr. 
xtrokhiu. |< ttrokd. .| 
strokestnan to; hiunlle tin 
[Recent.] 
The Yale crew have lost tlicir Btroke. ... 
thi; university <!< t" vi. 
the race; the *0v//.r was very rapid or exhaust- 
ing, (b) The guiding-stroke: us. to pull stroke 
in a race. (<) The rower who sets the stroke ; 
the stroke-oar or strokestnan. 3. A line or 
mark impressed by or as if by a sweeping move- 
ment; hence, a part of an impression of any 
v xxni. :,:i. 
strobiloid (strob'i-loid), a. [< Gr. arpAjJi^of, a 
pine-cone, + eWof, form.] Like a strobile; 
Strobiliform: as, strobiloid gemmation; strobi- 
loid buds. Encyc. Brit. 
strobilophagOUS (strob-i-lof a-gus), a. [< NL. 
Strobilophaga (Vieillot, 1816), a genus of birds 
(the same as Pinicola, q. v.), < Gr. arp6(ji7iof, a 
pine-cone, + Qayelv, eat.] Feeding upon pine- 
cones, as a bird. 
Strobilosaura (strp-bl-lo-sa'ra), n. pi. [NL., 
< Gr. aTp6i3i?,Gf, a pine-cone, + aa'vpa, a lizard.] 
A former superfamily of Lacertilia, having a 
flesh}' inextensile tongue, eyelids, developed 
limbs, and acrodont or pleurodont dentition. 
It included the families Agamidse and Iguamdee. 
Also Strobilosanria. 
Strobilosaiiran (stro-bi-lo-sa'ran), a. and w. 
f< Strobilosaura + -an.] 'I. a. "Of or pertain- 
ing to the Strobilosaura; agamoid or iguanoid. 
II. n. A member of the Strobilosaura. 
Also strobilosaurian. 
strobilure (strob'i-lur), n. [< NL. Strobiliirus.'] 
A lizard of the genus Strobiliirus. 
Strobilurus (strob-i-lu'rus), . [NL. (Wieg- 
mann), < Gr. aTp6/iifa>s, a pine-cone, + oiipa, 
tail.] A genus of South American iguanoid 
lizards, having the tail ringed with spinose 
scales (whence the name). S. torquatus is the 
Brazilian strobilure. 
Strobilus (stro-bi'lus), n. Same as strobile, 1. 
Stroboscope (strob'o-skop), n. [< Gr. <np6fiof, 
a twisting or whirling round (< arptyeiv, turn, 
twist : see strobile), + anowciv, view.] An instru- 
ment used in the study of the periodic motion of 
a body, as one in rapid revolution or vibration, 
by illuminating it at frequent intervals (for ex- 
ample, by electric sparks or by a beam of light 
made intermittent by passing through a mov- 
ing perforated plate), or again by viewing it 
through the openings of a revolving disk : also 
used as a toy. The phenakistoscope and zoe- 
trope represent one form of stroboscope. 
stroooscopic (strob-o-skop'ik), a. [< strobo- 
scope + -tc.] Pertaining to the stroboscope, 
to observations made with it, or to the physi- 
cal principle involved in its use. Nature, 
XXXIX. 451. 
strocalt, strocklet, stroclet, n. See strokle. 
strode (strod). Preterit of stride. 
stroft. An obsolete form of the preterit of 
strive. 
Stroglet, r.i. A Middle English form of struggle. 
Stroit, f. t. See stroy. 
Stroll (stroll), n. [Also stroyl ; origin obscure.] 
The couch- or quitch-grass, Agropyriim repens: 
applied especially to the white and worm-like 
roots. See cut under quitch-grass. Britten and 
Holland. [Prov. Eng.] 
Strokalt, See strokle. 
Stroke 1 (strok), n. [Formerly also stroak ; < 
ME. strook, strok, stralc, < AS. strae (= MHG. 
G. stretch, a stroke), < strican (pret. strdc), go, 
pass along, etc.: see strike, v., and cf. strike, n., 
strake^, streak^, .] 1. A sweeping movement 
of a sustained object ; the moving of something 
held or supported through a limited course ; in 
mecli., one of a series of alternating continuous 
movements of something back and forth over 
or through the same line : as, the strokes of an 
oar; a stroke of a pen in writing; the strokes of 
a file, a saw, a piston-rod, or a pump-handle; 
the length of stroke of a pendulum. 
A few strokes of his muscular arms, and he Is reached by 
the launch and swings himself up into her hows. 
St. Nicholas, XVII. 834. 
In a stroke or two the canoes were away out in the mid- 
dle of the Scheldt. R. L, Stevenson, Inland Voyage, p. 11. 
ing. See cut under typr. 
Oarracci's strength, Correggio's softer line, 
Paulo's free stroke, and Titian's warmth divine. 
Pope, To Mr. Jervas, 1. 38. 
4. A throb; a pulsation; a beat. 
For twenty strokes of the blood, without a word, 
Linger'd that other, staring after him. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
5. In musical instruments with a keyboard, the 
range of motion of a key. 6. A striking of one 
body or mass upon another; a sudden impact 
of an object moved or hurled through space; a 
blow or concussion, especially one administe re. 1 
or effected by design or in some definite man- 
ner: as, a stroke of the fist or of a sword; the 
strokes of a hammer; the stroke of a bat, a cue, 
or a mallet against a ball (in various games). 
He smote a-boute hym grete strokes bothe on the lefte 
syde and on the right side. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 118. 
How now ! what noise? That spirit 's possess'd with haste 
That wounds the unresisting postern with these strokes. 
Shalt., M. for M., iv. 2. 92. 
7. A sudden or special effect produced upon an 
object as if by a striking movement ; a result or 
consequence of the action of some rapidly work- 
ing or efficient agency or cause : as, a stroke of 
lightning; a stroke of paralysis (for which the 
word stroke is often used absolutely, both col- 
loquially and by physicians) ; the stroke of fate 
or of death: used in the Bible especially of a 
divine chastisement or judgment. 
RemoTe thy stroke away from me. Ps. xxiix. 10. 
When I did speak of some distressful stroke 
That my youth suffer'd. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 157. 
She'll make you shrink, as I did, with a stroke 
But of her eye, Tigranes. 
Beau, and Ft., King and No King, L 1. 
A stroke of cruel sunshine on the cliff. 
Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
8. A sound of striking : a resonant concussion ; 
a giving out of sounds by striking: as, the 
OHG. ttrcicliiiii, MIKi. <!. ulso freq. 
xtrrii'lulii), stroke, causal form of .*///<</. etc., 
go, strike: see strike, and <!'. *///.<!. Cf. Sw. 
xlrykti, Dan. strijiji'. \<-<\. ..'/;;/., -ti-oke (see 
,^> ")] 1. To pass the li a nils or an instrument 
over (something) lightly or with little pressure ; 
rub, or rub down, with a gentle movement in a 
single direction : an action often performed for 
soothing or caressing a person or an animal, 
also for smoothing or polishing an object, etc.. 
and sometimes as a curative process. 
She straiked my head, and she kembed my hair. 
Alison Grots (Child's Ballads, 1. 168). 
I ... seated myself in my easy chair, stirred the flre, 
and stroked my cat. Steele, Taller, No. 266. 
And then another pause ; and then, 
Slrokii'fl his beard, he said again. 
Longfellow, Wayside Inn, Second Interlude. 
2. Hence, figuratively, to soothe; flatter; pa- 
cify ; encourage. [Now prov. Eng.] 
Such smooth soft language as each line 
Jl ight stroake an angry god, or stay 
Jove's thunder. Carew, To my Rival. 
3. To affect in some way by a rubbing action. 
What a slovenly little villian art thou ! 
Why dost thou not stroke up thy hair? 
Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, v. 5. 
The ancient Chinese were very proud of the Hair of 
their Heads, letting it grow very long, and stroking it back 
with their Hands curiously. DampUr, Voyages, I. 407. 
4. In masonry, to work the face of (a stone) in 
such a manner as to produce a sort of fluted 
surface To stroke the wrong way (of the hair, ex- 
pressed or implied), to go against the grain of; ruffle or 
annoy, as by opposition : from the irritating effect on an 
animal, especially a cat, of rubbing up the fur by stroking 
it in the direction opposite to the way it lies. 
Stroke 2 (strok), n. [< stroke*, v.'] An act of 
stroking; a stroking caress. 
His white-man'd steeds, that bow'd beneath the yoke, 
He cheer'd to courage with a gentle stroke. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., xii. 108. 
strokes of a bell or a hammer; the clock is on stroke 3 t An obsolete form of the preterit of 
(that is, on the point of giving out) the stroke ^"^T 
of twelve. stroke-gear (strok'ger), . In machine-tools 
havir 
Thierry and Theodore, i, , 
9. An effective movement, action, or expres- 
sion; an energetic touch, effort, or exertion; a 
piece or course of activity : as, a good stroke of 
gearing by which th 
strokes of the tool-slide are effected the return 
stroke being usually made with much greater 
i velocity than the cutting stroke. 
business; he will not do a stroke of work; a bold s t ro ke-oar (strok'or), n. 1. The aftermost 
stroke for liberty. oar in a row boat, to the strokes of which those 
The boldest strokes of poetry, when they are managed 
artfully, are those which most delight the reader. 
of the other oars must be conformed. 2. The 
oarsman who handles the stroke-oar; the 
IamhertUygladtohearMr.Cookhasgiventhefmlsh- ^SSwWUl (strok'orz'man), n. Onewho 
handles the stroke-oar. In a whale-boat the 
stroke-oarsman is usually the lightest man of 
the crew. Also called after-oarsman. 
Dryden, State of Innocence, Pref . 
ing stroke to your fine chapel. 
Dr. Plot, In Letters of Eminent Men, I. 74. 
Christianity [is] the greatest and happiest stroke ever yet 
made for human perfection. 
M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, iv. 
10. A trait; a feature; a characteristic. 
In its main strokes, it accords with the Aristotelean phi- 
losophy. Parker, Platonic Philosophy, 2d ed., p. 42. 
I have the highest idea of the spiritual and refined sen- 
timents of this reverend gentleman, from this single stroke 
in his character. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, i. 10. 
11. A feat; a thing successfully done ; a coup. 
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art. 
Addison, Cato, Prol. 
But the advance in double column against the combined 
fleets was a stroke of genius as affairs stood. 
The Academy, June 28, 1890, p. 437. 
12f. Capacity for doing anything ; effective 
ability ; skill m action or manipulation. 
Neither can any man be entertained as a Soldier that 
has not a greater stroke than ordinary at eating. 
5'ker), n. [< stroke* + -crl.] 1. One 
who strokes; formerly, one who practised 
stroking as a method of cure. 
Cures worked by Oreatrix the stroker. 
Warburton, Works, X. xxvii. 
2t. A soothing flatterer; a fawning sycophant. 
[Bare.] 
What you please, Dame Polish, 
My lady's stroker. 
B. Jonson, Magnetick Lady, Iv. 1. 
3. In printing, a form of wood or bone paper- 
folder with which the layer-on or feeder strokes 
or brings forward separate sheets of paper to 
the grippers of a printing-machine. [Eng.] 
Stroker in, in printing, the workman who strokes or 
combs separate sheets of paper to the grippers of a print- 
ing.] 
n,...,..., --- . ----- . ing-machine. t ., 
Dampier, Voyages, II. L 71. strokesman (stroks'man), .; pi. strokesmen 
13t Moving or controlling power; influence; (-men). [< stroke's, poss. of stroke, + .] A 
the hand over a surface.-2. pi. Tl 
In this new state of government. Appius was the man 
that bare the greatest stroke ; he ruled the rost and swaied 
alltherest. Holland, tr. of Livy (ed. 1600), p. 109. 
A Stroke above, a degree above ; of somewhat higher 
grade or quality than. [Colloq.] 
She was a stroke above the other girls. Diekent. 
milk drawn from a COW, pressed out by gentle 
stroking; strippings. [Prov. Eng.] 
Tne cook entertained me with choice bits, the dairy- 
maid with stroaking*. 
Smollett, Roderick Random, il. (.Damn.) 
