English Explanatory Dictionary

by-stroke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An incidental or slyly given stroke; a gratuitous addition or indirect action.
  2. A secondary attack.

Word forms

by-stroke by-strokes

Etymology

From by- + stroke.

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