Streak (?), v. t. [Cf. Stretch, Streek.]
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Streak, n. [OE. streke; akin to D. streek a line, stroke, G. strich, AS. strica, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, Goth. stricks, and E. strike, stroke. See Strike, Stroke, n., and cf. Strake.]
1.
A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
What mean those colored streaks in heaven?
Milton.
2. Shipbuilding
A strake.
3. Min.
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.
4.
The rung or round of a ladder.
[Obs.]
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Streak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Streaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Streaking.]
1.
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.
2.
With it as an object: To run swiftly.
[Colloq.]
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