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Hit
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
(2):
(v. i.) To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; - followed by against or on.
(3):
(n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
(4):
(n.) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; - sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
(5):
(n.) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
(6):
(pron.) It.
(7):
(imp. & p. p.) of Hit
(8):
(n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.
(9):
(v. t.) To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
(10):
(v. t.) To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
(11):
(v. t.) To guess; to light upon or discover.
(12):
(n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
(13):
(v. i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, - often with implied chance, or luck.
(14):
(v. t.) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; - said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hit.html. 1828.
