streak

v. t. [ Cf. Stretch, Streek. ] To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

What mean those colored streaks in heaven? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Shipbuilding) A strake. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The rung or round of a ladder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Marked or variegated with stripes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uncomfortable; out of sorts. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]