STREAK, n. [G., a stroke or stripe. L.] 1. A line or long mark, of a different color from the ground; a stripe.What mean those colord streaks in heaven?2. In a ship, a uniform range of planks on the side or bottom; sometimes pronounced strake.STREAK, v.t. 1. To form streaks or stripes in; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color or of different colors.A mule admirably streaked and dappled with white and black--Now streakd and glowing with the morning red.2. To stretch. [Not elegant.STREAK, v.i. To run swiftly. [Vulgar in New England.]
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