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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Albication :: Albication (n.) The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks..
Curl :: Curl (v.) An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity..
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..
Kestrel :: Kestrel (n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species..
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..
Stream :: Streaky (a.) Same as Streaked, 1..
Fleck :: Fleck (n.) To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
Blue-veined :: Blue-veined (a.) Having blue veins or blue streaks.
Supercilious :: Superciliary (a.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble..
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..
Brinded :: Brinded (a.) Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.
Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
Aciculated :: Aciculated (a.) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
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..
Streak :: Streaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strea.
Bestreak :: Bestreak (v. t.) To streak.
Marbled :: Marbled (a.) Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation..
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..
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