Definition of streak

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Streak (v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body..

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Band :: Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body..
Redstreak :: Redstreak (n.) Cider pressed from redstreak apples.
Streaked :: Streaked (a.) Marked or variegated with stripes.
Streaking :: Streaked (imp. & p. p.) of Strea.
Virgated :: Virgated (a.) Striped; streaked.
Ray :: Ray (n.) To mark with long lines; to streak.
Touch-needle :: Touch-needle (n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone..
Clinker-built :: Clinker-built (a.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.
Brinded :: Brinded (a.) Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.
Touchstone :: Touchstone (n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
Yacca :: Yacca (n.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks..
Whelky :: Whelky (a.) Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated..
Mare''s-tail :: Mare's-tail (n.) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud..
Streak :: Streak (n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
Urva :: Urva (n.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder..
Gravenstein :: Gravenstein (n.) A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality..
Blue-veined :: Blue-veined (a.) Having blue veins or blue streaks.
Strake :: Strake (n.) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak..
Supercilious :: Superciliary (a.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker..
Strake :: Strake (n.) A streak.
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