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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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"Streak" Quotes from Famous Books

... Barnardine did not appear; and Emily, becoming uneasy, hesitated whether to wait any longer. She would have sent Annette to the portal to hasten him, but feared to be left alone, for it was now almost dark, and a melancholy streak of red, that still lingered in the west, was the only vestige of departed day. The strong interest, however, which Barnardine's message had awakened, overcame other apprehensions, ...

— The Mysteries of Udolpho • Ann Radcliffe

... her disappointment over her spoiled chair. She was working away with a frown as she repaired the damage. At a suggestion from Bob that she finish the job she had started on him, Joy gave a dab with her brush and left a long streak ...

— The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan • Lizette M. Edholm

... ground—up hill and down dale—I suppose some of them could. I saw their races up at Red Cloud last year, and old Spotted Tail brought over a couple of ponies from Camp Sheridan that ran like a streak, and there was a Minneconjou chief there who had a very fast pony. Some of the young Ogallallas had quick, active beasts, but, take them on a straight-away run, I wouldn't be afraid to try my luck with Buford ...

— Starlight Ranch - and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier • Charles King

... time to come," Mrs. Bates observed to herself. She rubbed a streak of lime from her fur coat, and stooped to pick a splinter from the hem of her skirt. "Who's the one ...

— With the Procession • Henry B. Fuller

... burned-out shooting star, a black streak came crashing through the window-pane and upon the table, where it shivered into fragments a dozen pieces of crystal and china ware, and then glanced between the heads of the guests to the wall, imprinting therein ...

— Roads of Destiny • O. Henry

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