Stroke cut wildly is making the boundary

• Metrical stress, in poetry
• Rhythmic stress
• Losing face, grimace in stress
• Metrical accent
• Beat for Byron
• Stress

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ictus \Ic"tus\, n. [L., fr. icere, ictum, to strike.] (Pros.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis . (Med.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ictus may refer to:

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
verse stress, 1752, from Latin ictus "a blow, stroke, thrust," of voices "a beat, impulse, stress," from icere "to strike, hit," related to iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the pulse 2 (context medicine English) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. 3 (context prosody English) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare ...