To strike at, to aim a blow at. -- To strike for, to start suddenly on
a course for. -- To strike home, to give a blow which reaches its
object, to strike with effect. -- To strike in. (a) To enter suddenly.
(b) To disappear from the surface, with internal effects, as an
eruptive disease. (c) To come in suddenly; to interpose; to interrupt.
"I proposed the embassy of Constantinople for Mr. Henshaw, but my Lord
Winchelsea struck in." Evelyn. (d) To join in after another has
begun,as in singing. -- To strike in with, to conform to; to suit
itself to; to side with, to join with at once. "To assert this is to
strike in with the known enemies of God's grace." South. -- To strike
out. (a) To start; to wander; to make a sudden excursion; as, to strike
out into an irregular course of life. (b) To strike with full force.
(c) (Baseball) To be put out for not hitting the ball during one's turn
at the bat. -- To strike up, to commence to play as a musician; to
begin to sound, as an instrument. "Whilst any trump did sound, or drum
struck up." Shak.
Strike (?), n. 1. The act of striking.
2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain,
salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a
strickle.