Dead-stroke

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:54:53

Dead"-stroke` (?), a. Mech.

Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Dead-stroke hammer Mach., a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.

 

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