Upstroke

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Upstroke \Up"stroke`\, n.
     An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a
     writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of
     the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter
     thus made.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega.     --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  upstroke
       n : a stroke normally made in an upward direction