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A blow; a smart stroke.

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  1. n. A blow; a smart stroke.
  2. n. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain.
  3. v. t. To strike; to slap.
  4. n. A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.
  5. 1. A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett. 2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.] To strike; to slap. [Scot.] C. Reade. A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.
  6. To strike; to slap. [Scot.] C. Reade.
  7. n. A blow; a smart stroke. n. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. v. t. To strike; to slap. n. A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.