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Stricken
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: participle (p.)
1. Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.
2. Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21. Abraham was old and well stricken in age. Gen. xxiv. 1.
3. Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock. [Scot.] He persevered for a stricken hour in such a torrent of unnecessary tattle. Sir W. Scott. Speeches are spoken by the stricken hour, day after day, week, perhaps, after week. Bayne.