restrike

From re- +‎ strike.

• Rhymes: -aɪk

restrike (plural restrikes)

1. The striking again of a key, for example on a piano.
2. (numismatics) A coin newly struck from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
3. The reignition of the arc in an arc lamp.

restrike (third-person singular simple present restrikes, present participle restriking, simple past restruck, past participle restruck or restricken)

1. (transitive) To strike again.
   • 1928, Julien Green, The Closed Garden, page 62:

     She heard her father stumbling against an armchair, then the sound of a match struck and restruck lightly against a box.

2. To strike a coin from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
3. To reignite the arc in an arc lamp.