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up⋅stroke

[uhp-strohk]
–noun
an upward stroke, esp. of a pen or pencil, or of a piston in a vertical cylinder.

Origin:
1820–30; up- + stroke 1
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up·stroke   (ŭp'strōk')   
n.  An upward stroke, as of a brush.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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