GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Stria (?), n.; pl. Striae (#). [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.]
    1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, “the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain”.

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    2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. Oxf. Gloss.

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