deliver a blow to
81Naval tactics in the Age of Steam — The development of the steam ironclad firing explosive shells in the mid 19th century rendered sailing tactics obsolete. New tactics were developed for the big gun Dreadnought battleships. The mine, torpedo, submarine and aircraft posed new… …
82Search Guard Successor Foundation — The SGS Foundation Logo GoGo Sentai Boukenger (and Daikenjin Zubaan) The Sea …
83Ujii Yashiro — a retainer under the Japanese clan of Hosokawa during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan. Lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi had previously practiced the Yagyu shin kage ryu art of the sword, in which the principal sword master of the fief was none… …
84Geologist's hammer — A geologist s hammer is a hammer used for geological purposes. In field geology, they are used to obtain a fresh surface of a rock in order to determine its composition, nature, mineralogy and history. In fossil hunting, they are employed to… …
85swing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. oscillate, sway, wag; depend, dangle; pivot, turn; informal, be hanged; slang, [wife or husband ]swap. See oscillation,punishment, impurity, sex. n. sweep, sway, oscillation; rhythm, lilt, scope,… …
86strike — [c]/straɪk / (say struyk) verb (struck) or stricken) –verb (t) 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit: he struck her and she fell to the floor. 2. to deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust with …
87hit — [hit] vt. hit, hitting [ME hitten < OE hittan < ON hitta, to hit upon, meet with < IE base * keid , to fall > Welsh cwydd, a fall] 1. to come against, usually with force; strike [the car hit the tree] 2. to give a blow to; strike;… …
88Puck (sports) — A puck is a disk used in various types of games serving the same functions as a ball in ball games. The best known use of pucks is in ice hockey, a major international sport. In ice hockeyIce hockey requires a hard disk of vulcanized rubber. A… …
89Spartan army — Military history of Sparta redirects here. For other uses, see Military history of Sparta (disambiguation). The Spartan army was the military force of Sparta, one of the leading city states of ancient Greece. The army stood at the centre of the… …
90strike — v. & n. v. (past struck; past part. struck or archaic stricken) 1 a tr. subject to an impact. b tr. deliver (a blow) or inflict a blow on. 2 tr. come or bring sharply into contact with (the ship struck a rock). 3 tr. propel or divert with a blow… …
