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noun

Streak n.

A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein. "What mean those colored streaks in heaven?"

(Shipbuilding) A strake.

(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.

The rung or round of a ladder. (Obs.)

verb

Streak v. t. To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. (Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.)

Streak v. t. (past & past part. streaked; pres. part. streaking)

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." "Now streaked and glowing with the morning red."

With it as an object: To run swiftly. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Streak'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Streak" Quotes from Famous Books

... first faint streak of daylight he scanned the surrounding sea with anxious, eager gaze. But whither he would look, north, south, east or west, not an object broke the monotony ...

— Jack North's Treasure Hunt - Daring Adventures in South America • Roy Rockwood

... drenched. Medmangi and Nyoda also came up thirsting for vengeance, but Sahwah escaped by swimming under water around the dock and clambering out on the rocks. She made an impish grimace at Migwan, who was standing on the rock where she came up. Migwan leaned over and put a streak of soap on her face, Sahwah promptly caught Migwan by the feet and pulled her off the rock into the water. Struggling, they both went under and came up choking and giggling. Hinpoha, from her airy perch in the tree, cheered the combatants on. "Good work, Migwan, hang ...

— The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods - Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping • Hildegard G. Frey

... illustration is a remarkable photograph of a streak of lightning. Many interesting pictures of this kind can be made during a storm at night. The camera is set in a place where it will not get wet and left standing with the shutter open and the plate ready for the exposure. Should a lightning streak appear within the ...

— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics

... also, was on hand for the fun; and it was a laughable sight to see the great awkward fellow straining every nerve to overtake the little streak of animated lightning that flashed before him. Landy was a Newfoundland shepherd, and I knew that nothing could induce him to hurt the fawn if he should ...

— The Nursery, No. 106, October, 1875. Vol. XVIII. - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers • Various

... 'abandoned' or 'left alone.' The people, however, understand it in the sense that, when a miner has taken possession of the ground, and has shown a right to it, his fellows leave him to work and betake themselves elsewhere. Immediately behind the huts we came upon a broad streak cochineal-red, except where tarnished by oxygen, where it looked superficially like ochre. The strike ran parallel with the quartz-reef, north 5 east (true). Cameron had broken some of the stone into chips, ...

— To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II - A Personal Narrative • Richard Francis Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron

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