Stroak

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of stroke. alt-of, obsolete

    "But becauſe amongſt many ſtroaks, vvhich our eyes, eares, and other organs receive from external bodies, the predominant onely is ſenſible; therefore the light of the Sun being predominant, vve are not affected vvith the action of the ſtarrs."

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of stroke. alt-of, obsolete

    "[W]hen thou cam'ſt firſt / Thou ſtroakſt me, & made much of me: […]"

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"But becauſe amongſt many ſtroaks, vvhich our eyes, eares, and other organs receive from external bodies, the predominant onely is ſenſible; therefore the light of the Sun being predominant, vve are not affected vvith the action of the ſtarrs."

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