To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity.
Prov. xvii. 26.
7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by
audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a
march.
8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to
strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard
or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an
arch.
9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly
with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to
strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view.
Atterbury.
They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
Pope.
10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or
impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead
or blind.
How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
Landor.
11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as,
to strike a light.
Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through
sea and land.
Milton.