† umstroken.
Obsolete. rare.
Edge, circumference.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > of something round
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1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. xiv. 46 Such Towns as stand (as one may say) on tiptoes, on the very umstroke, or on any part of the utmost line of any Map.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. xx. 182 Places situate on the Um-stroke (such the location of Aleppo in our Map) are not in their exact position.
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