Definition of streak

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Streak (n.) 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..

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Blanket :: Blanket (a.) A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
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.
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..
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..
Variegate :: Variegate (v. t.) To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors..
Redstreak :: Redstreak (n.) A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple..
Krait :: Krait (n.) A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish..
Albication :: Albication (n.) The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks..
Fleck :: Fleck (n.) To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
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..
Lapstreak :: Lapstreak (a.) Alt. of Lapstrak.
Hairstreak :: Hairstreak (n.) A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi)..
Ray :: Ray (n.) To mark with long lines; to streak.
Streaking :: Streaked (imp. & p. p.) of Strea.
Bestreak :: Bestreak (v. t.) To streak.
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..
Streaky :: Streaked (a.) Uncomfortable; out of sorts.
Multistriate :: Multistriate (a.) Having many streaks.
Ringstraked :: Ringstraked (a.) Ring-streaked.
Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..
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