Stroke

1. v. t. Appetite.
2. imp. Struck.
3. v. t. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.
4. v. t. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
5. v. t. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
6. v. t. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.
7. v. t. A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
8. v. t. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.
9. v. t. A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.
10. v. t. A throb or beat, as of the heart.
11. 1v. t. 1 Appetite.
12. 1imp. 1 Struck.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.