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strike off

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strike off
1. To use a straight wood or metal bar for removing material (from a newly plastered or mortared work or from a freshly laid concrete surface) which is in excess of that required to fill a form evenly or to level the surface.
2. The wood or metal bar used for this purpose.
3.See strike, 1.
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Then if ever you loved me, and for the sake of that service, draw your bright brown sword and strike off my head; never let me fall alive into the hand of the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
During all that time Lucie was never sure, from hour to hour, but that the Guillotine would strike off her husband's head next day.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
Once the flames crept forward so swiftly on my right as I ran that I was outflanked and had to strike off to the left.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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