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streak

STREAK, n. [G., a stroke or stripe. L.]

1. A line or long mark, of a different color from the ground; a stripe.

What mean those colord streaks in heaven?

2. In a ship, a uniform range of planks on the side or bottom; sometimes pronounced strake.

STREAK, v.t.

1. To form streaks or stripes in; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color or of different colors.

A mule admirably streaked and dappled with white and black--

Now streakd and glowing with the morning red.

2. To stretch. [Not elegant.

STREAK, v.i. To run swiftly. [Vulgar in New England.]



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STREAK, n. [G., a stroke or stripe. L.]

1. A line or long mark, of a different color from the ground; a stripe.

What mean those colord streaks in heaven?

2. In a ship, a uniform range of planks on the side or bottom; sometimes pronounced strake.

STREAK, v.t.

1. To form streaks or stripes in; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color or of different colors.

A mule admirably streaked and dappled with white and black--

Now streakd and glowing with the morning red.

2. To stretch. [Not elegant.

STREAK, v.i. To run swiftly. [Vulgar in New England.]


STREAK, n. [Sax. strica, a line, direction, course; strican, to go; stric, a stroke, a plague, and strec, a stretch; G. streich, a stroke or stripe, and strich, id.; D. streek; course; Dan. streg, a stroke or line; strikke, a cord; strög, a stroke, a tract, a row; Sw. stråk; Ir. strioc. These have all the same elements, and the L. stria is probably a contraction of the same word; Sp. traca, without a prefix.]

  1. A line or long mark, of a different color from the ground; a stripe. What mean those color'd streaks in heaven? – Milton.
  2. In a ship, a uniform range of planks on the side or bottom; sometimes pronounced strake. – Mar. Dict.

STREAK, v.i.

To run swiftly. [Vulgar in New England.]


STREAK, v.t.

  1. To form streaks or stripes in; to stripe in; variegate with lines of a different color or of different colors. A mule admirably streaked and dappled with white and black. – Sandy. Now streak'd and glowing with the morning red. – Prior.
  2. To stretch. [Not elegant.] – Chapman.

Streak
  1. To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

    [Obs. or Prov. Eng. *** Scot.]
  2. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.

    What mean those colored streaks in heaven? Milton.

  3. To form streaks or stripes in or on] to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.

    A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. Sandys.

    Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. Prior.

  4. A strake.
  5. With it as an object: To run swiftly.

    [Colloq.]
  6. The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
  7. The rung or round of a ladder.

    [Obs.]
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Streak

STREAK, noun [G., a stroke or stripe. Latin ]

1. A line or long mark, of a different color from the ground; a stripe.

What mean those colord streaks in heaven?

2. In a ship, a uniform range of planks on the side or bottom; sometimes pronounced strake.

STREAK, verb transitive

1. To form streaks or stripes in; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color or of different colors.

A mule admirably streaked and dappled with white and black--

Now streakd and glowing with the morning red.

2. To stretch. [Not elegant.

STREAK, verb intransitive To run swiftly. [Vulgar in New England.]

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