(a) To caress (sb., a part of someone's body), fondle; pat (someone's head); rub or massage (a bodily part); rub (someone's hair, one's beard); (b) to pet (an animal); smooth (an animal's hair)……

(a) A blow delivered with a weapon; a slash, cut; a thrust or stab; also fig.; honde strok, honde of (to) honde strok, a blow delivered in hand-to-hand combat; quartere strok, a blow with a……