Umstroke

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The circumference or periphery of a circle. obsolete
  2. 2
    A boundary line, especially one at the outermost limit; an extreme edge. archaic

    "Such towns as stand, as one may say, on tiptoes on the very umstroke, or on any part of the utmost line of a map […]"

Synonyms

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circumferencemere

Example

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"Such towns as stand, as one may say, on tiptoes on the very umstroke, or on any part of the utmost line of a map […]"

Etymology

From um- + stroke.

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