Stroak

Quick meaning: Stroak is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of stroke.

Meaning

Obsolete spelling of stroke.

Example Sentences

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

The tender Sire, vvho ſavv her bluſh, and cry, / Aſcrib'd it all to Maiden-modeſty, / And dry'd the falling Drops, and yet more kind, / He ſtroak'd her Cheeks, and holy Kiſſes join'd.

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.

He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats.

Word Forms

• stroaks
• stroaking
• stroaked

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stroake, strooke, streake, strake, strowl, slaughtre.

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