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(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hit.html. 1828.
 
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