Definition of streak

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Streak (n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.

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Curl :: Curl (v.) An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity..
Redstreak :: Redstreak (n.) Cider pressed from redstreak apples.
Streaked :: Streaked (a.) Marked or variegated with stripes.
Touch-needle :: Touch-needle (n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone..
Brinded :: Brinded (a.) Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.
Finchbacked :: Finchbacked (a.) Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.
Multistriate :: Multistriate (a.) Having many streaks.
Vein :: Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation..
Ray :: Ray (v. t.) To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile..
Hairstreak :: Hairstreak (n.) A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi)..
Streaky :: Streaked (a.) Uncomfortable; out of sorts.
Whelky :: Whelky (a.) Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated..
Druxy :: Druxy (a.) Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber.
Rurales :: Rurales (n. pl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas..
Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..
Supercilious :: Superciliary (a.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker..
Touchstone :: Touchstone (n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
Urva :: Urva (n.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder..
Brindled :: Brindled (a.) Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.
Show :: Show (n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor..
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