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sterks (iou)



sterks noun. Austral. slang. rare. Also sturks. M20.
[Perh. abbreviation of STERCORACEOUS.]
A fit of depression, irritation, or annoyance. Usu. in give a person the sterks, irritate or annoy a person.

reciprocate (medicine)


reciprocate


To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate. "One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, And draws and blows reciprocating air." (Dryden) Reciprocating engine, a steam, air, or gas engine, etc, in which the piston moves back and forth; in distinction from a rotary engine, in which the piston travels continuously in one direction in a circular path.

<mechanics> Reciprocating motion, motion alternately backward and forward, or up and down, as of a piston rod.

Origin: L. Reciprocatus, p. P. Of reciprocare. See Reciprocal.

Source: Websters Dictionary