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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In steam-engines, the middle point or position in the stroke or travel of a piston or valve.

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Examples

  • Par example, I was fixing my eggs for breakfast this morning, when Ma takes the knife from me in mid-stroke, and proceeds to show me how cut a tomato.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Kate Fleurange 2008

  • But no sooner had she reversed direction than she was stopped mid-stroke by the image of the old man looking down at her as she swam up to the dock.

    Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

  • His shoulders froze mid-stroke, and the ball squirted away from the hole.

    All Fore One: College pals reunite 35 years later at a golf resort Tom Shroder 2010

  •  I swung for the side of the machine, remembered mid-stroke that Mrs. Brown was watching and tapped the side with a hollow thump.

    To Be A Child (Part I of III) 2009

  • I also remember John suddenly exclaiming in mid-stroke that he lost a new hammer in the depths.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • I also remember John suddenly exclaiming in mid-stroke that he lost a new hammer in the depths.

    A Story From Twenty Years Ago 2009

  • Par example, I was fixing my eggs for breakfast this morning, when Ma takes the knife from me in mid-stroke, and proceeds to show me how cut a tomato.

    All in the family 2008

  • Avender stopped in mid-stroke and looked hopefully at the bear.

    Reiffeins Choice 2006

  • Happily blogging away over my laptop, my hands were paralyzed mid-stroke, I started to shiver uncontrollably, and yet I was in a cold sweat.

    Archive 2006-04-01 2006

  • Happily blogging away over my laptop, my hands were paralyzed mid-stroke, I started to shiver uncontrollably, and yet I was in a cold sweat.

    Niko Niko Sushi - Oh no no, Ono 2006

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