Well, but what's o'clock? - Upon the stroke of ten. -- Well, let is
strike.
Shak.
4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.
Dryden.
5. A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or
pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
O, lasting as those colors may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet
faultless as thy line.
Pope.
6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written
composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.
Addison.
7. 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.
At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.
Harte.