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   Streak , v. t. [Cf. Stretch, Streek.] To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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   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.]
   A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
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   What mean those colored streaks in heaven?
   Milton.
   
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   (Shipbuilding) A strake.
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   (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.
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   The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
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   Streak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Streaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Streaking.]
   To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
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   A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black.
   Sandys.
   
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   Now streaked and glowing with the morning red.
   Prior.
   
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   With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
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