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[STRAIT.] IMG:content-0405.png:[blocks in formation] strě-litz-I-a, 8. [Named by Acton after the queen of George III., who was of the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.] Bot.: A genus of Uranese (q. v.). Fine herbaceous plants, akin to the banana and the plantain, with large leaves and handsome flowers; the outer segments of the perianth (sepals) generally bright orange, two of the three inner large and bright pur2. Having the form of a stream or beam of light. ple, the third one small and hooded. From the Prior: First Hymn of Call i mach us, "His nodding helm emits a streamy ray." Pope : Homer's Iliad , xiv. 1,014. 3. Full of streams or beams. "The streamy twilight spread Like distant morning in the skies." Hughes: The Ecstasy. [STRETCH.] [STREAK (1), v.] *strecche, v . t. or i. streēk, strēik, v . t . streēl, v . i . (Etym. doubtful; cf. Gaul. striall = a stripe, a shred.] To trail, to drag, to stream. street, *strete, s . [A. S. stræt , from Lat.strata, for strata ( via ) = a paved (way); from stratus , pa. par. of sterno = to strew, to pave, and via = a way; Dutch straat; Icel. stræti ; Dan. stræde ; Sw.strät; O. H. Ger. straza ; Sp. & Port. estrada ; Ger.stra ; O. Fr. estree ; Ir. & Gael. sraid ; Wel. ystryd, ystrad. Street is one of the six words derived directly from the Roman invaders, the other five being, ceaster (Chester), coln (Lincoln), fo , port , and wall .] *1. A highway, a road. 2. A way or road in a city, having houses on one or both sides; especially a main or chief way, as distinguished from a lane or alley ; applied to the houses as well as the open way. "Through winter streets to steer your course aright." Gay: Trivia, i. 1. *3. A road of any kind. "I ran by the most secret stretes ." Surrey: Virgil's Æneid , ii,