A stroke or mark, long in proportion to its breadth, traced with a pen, a tool, etc. upon a surface. line of burden, line of floatation, line of war…
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| 释义 | society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > stroke (24) linea1382 A stroke or mark, long in proportion to its breadth, traced with a pen, a tool, etc. upon a surface. line of burden, line of floatation, line of war… tittlec1384 A dot or other small mark used in writing or printing. Originally: any minute point or part of a letter; a diacritic mark indicating a long vowel… stroke1567 A linear mark; a mark traced by the moving point of a pen, pencil, etc.; a component line of a written character (cf. up-stroke, n., downstroke, n.… minim1587 A single downstroke of the pen; esp. the short downstroke used in the letters m, n, u, etc., in court hand or secretary hand. Also more fully minim s… pot-hook1611 A curved or hooked stroke made with the pen, esp. as a component of an unfamiliar or unintelligible script or when learning to write; (also) a… dash1615 A hasty stroke of the pen. hair-stroke1634 A very fine line made in writing or drawing; esp. a fine up-stroke in penmanship. hook1668 A hook-shaped symbol or character; a ‘pot-hook’ as an element of handwriting. foot stroke1676 †(a) a line or serif forming the lower part or bottom of a letter (obsolete); (b) a stroke of the foot or feet, esp. in running or swimming. stem1676 Applied to various objects resembling the stem of a plant or of a flower, etc. (Cf. stalk, n.1 4 5.) Calligraphy and Printing. The upright stroke… duct1699 A stroke drawn or traced, or the manner of tracing it (cf. Latin ductus litterarum). hanger1738 A chain or iron rod to which a pot or kettle is hung by means of a pot-hook in the old-fashioned kitchen fireplace. Hence transferred. A nursery… downstroke?1760 A line made by the downward stroke of a pen, esp. as forming part of a written character or its typographical equivalent. hairline1846 A very thin or slender line, as the up-stroke of a written letter. to a hairline: to a nicety. up-stroke1848 The upward stroke of a pen, etc. skit1860 A slight stroke. pot-crook1882 = pot-hook, n. ligature1883 In Writing and Printing. Two or more letters joined together and forming one character or type; a monogram. Also, a stroke connecting two letters. i… coupling-stroke1906 the stroke joining the characters in a cursive hand. bow1914 Calligraphy. A curved stroke forming part of a letter. ductus1922 = duct, n. 4; the method of making strokes with the pen, etc. ascender1934 In Printing and Palæography, an ascending stroke; a stroke which extends above the body of a letter. Subcategories:— for erasure (1) — in brachygraphy (1) |
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