21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
participle. "Well struck in years." Shak.
To strike an attitude, To strike a balance. See under Attitude, and
Balance. -- To strike a jury (Law), to constitute a special jury
ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain number of
names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to reduce it to the number
of persons required by law. Burrill. -- To strike a lead. (a) (Mining)
To find a vein of ore. (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.] --
To strike a ledger, or an account, to balance it. -- To strike hands
with. (a) To shake hands with. Halliwell. (b) To make a compact or
agreement with; to agree with. -- To strike off. (a) To erase from an
account; to deduct; as, to strike off the interest of a debt. (b)
(Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a thousand copies of a
book. (c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to strike off
what is superfluous or corrupt. -- To strike oil, to find petroleum
when boring for it; figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially.
[Slang, U.S.] -- To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish
good luck. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- To strike out. (a) To produce by
collision; to force out, as, to strike out sparks with steel. (b) To
blot out; to efface; to erase. "To methodize is as necessary as to
strike out." Pope. (c) To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent;
to contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance. (d) (Baseball) To
cause a player to strike out; -- said of the pitcher. See To strike
out, under Strike, v. i. -- To strike sail. See under Sail. -- To
strike up. (a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat. "Strike up the
drums." Shak. (b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune.
(c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans, etc., by blows
or pressure in a die. -- To strike work, to quit work; to go on a
strike.
Strike (?), v. i. To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course;
as, to strike into the fields.
A mouse . . . struck forth sternly [bodily].
Piers Plowman.