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stricken a light

stricken a light is the past participle of strike a light.

Meaning of strike a light

Verb

strike a light (third-person singular simple present strikes a light, present participle striking a light, simple past struck a light, past participle struck a light or (rare or archaic) stricken a light)

  1. (idiomatic) To create a flame (using a match, flint, etc.).
    • Look I have Flint and Steel, the Implements
      Of wandring Lunaticks, I’ll strike a Light,
      And make a Fire beneath this Shed, to dry
      Thy Storm-drencht Garments, e’re thou Lie to rest thee;1681, Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear, London: E. Flesher, Act 3, p. 36

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Questions about stricken a light

What is stricken a light the past participle of?
Stricken a light is the past participle of strike a light.

Words near stricken a light in the dictionary

  1. strichetti
  2. strick
  3. stricken
  4. stricken a bargain
  5. stricken a blow
  6. stricken a light
  7. stricken a medium
  8. stricken a stroke
  9. stricken back
  10. stricken camp
  11. stricken down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stricken a light (page history and authors); strike a light (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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