(a) A line, stroke; a mark used in writing to indicate an addition, a division, deletion, or the like; a written sign or character; (b) a line made on the surface of an astronomical instrument; a mark……

(a) A blow or buffet; (b) a flat piece of wood used in leveling grain even with the rim of the measuring vessel, strickle; strik meted, level-measured, measured by strickle [quots. 1454 and 1465 may……