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outˈstrike, v.
[out- 18, 15.]
1. trans. To excel in striking; to deal swifter or heavier blows than.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. vi. 36 A swifter meane Shall out strike thought, but thought will doo't. 1663Davenant Siege of R. ii. 50 [A] Few Rhodian Knights, making their several stands, Out-strike Assemblies of our many Hands.
†2. To strike out (letters or words). poetic. Obs.
1598Drayton Heroical Ep., Matilda to K. John Poems (1637) 188 This sentence serves, and that my hand out strikes; That pleaseth well, and this as much mislikes. 1604Hieron Wks. I. 565 That which one..author likes, The same another cleane out-strikes. |