5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Streak  \Streak\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Stretch},  {Streek}.] 
  To  stretch;  to  extend;  hence  to  lay  out  as  a  dead  body. 
  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Streak  \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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Streak  \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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Garboard  \Gar"board\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  One  of  the  planks  next  the  keel  on  the  outside,  which  form  a 
  garboard  strake. 
 
  {Garboard  strake}  or  {streak},  the  first  range  or  strake  of 
  planks  laid  on  a  ship's  bottom  next  the  keel.  --Totten. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  streak 
  n  1:  an  unbroken  series  of  events:  "a  succession  of  failures"; 
  "had  a  streak  of  bad  luck";  "Nicklaus  had  a  run  of 
  birdies"  [syn:  {run}] 
  2:  a  distinctive  characteristic;  "he  has  a  stubborn  streak";  "a 
  streak  of  wildness" 
  3:  a  marking  of  a  different  color  or  texture  from  the 
  background  [syn:  {stripe}] 
  4:  a  sudden  flash  (as  of  lightning) 
  v  1:  move  quickly  in  a  straight  line  "The  plane  streaked  across 
  the  sky" 
  2:  run  naked  in  a  public  place 
  3:  mark  with  spots  or  blotches  of  different  color  or  shades  of 
  color  as  if  stained  [syn:  {mottle},  {blotch}] 

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