Streak

strēk, n. a line or long mark different in colour from the ground, a band of marked colour of some length, a stripe: a slight characteristic, a trace, a pa ing mood: ( min. ) the appearance presented by the surface of a mineral when scratched: a strake or line of planking: a short piece of iron forming one section of a pieced tire on the wheel of an artillery-carriage.— v.t. to form streaks in: to mark with streaks.— adj. Streaked , streaky, striped: ( U.S. ) confused.— n. Streak′ine .— adj. Streak′y , marked with streaks, striped: uneven in quality. [A.S. strica , a stroke— strícan , to go, Ger. strich ; cf. Strike . Skeat makes it Scand., Sw. strek , Dan. streg , a dash.]