streak

Definitions

1. 1.A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein. What mean those colored streaks in heaven Milton.
2. 2.(Shipbuilding) A strake.
3. 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.
4. 4.The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
5. 5.To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors. A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. Sandys. Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. Prior.
6. 6.With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein. What mean those colored streaks in heaven Milton called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is with it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.] called?