Stream

strēm, n. a current of water, air, or light, .: anything flowing out from a source: anything forcible, flowing, and continuous: drift, tendency.— v.i. to flow in a stream: to pour out abundantly: to be overflown with: to i ue in rays: to stretch in a long line.— v.t. to discharge in a stream: to wave.— ns. Stream′er , an ensign or flag streaming or flowing in the wind: a luminous beam shooting upward from the horizon; Stream′-gold , placer-gold, the gold of alluvial districts; Stream′-ice , pieces of drift ice swept down in a current; Stream′ine , streamy quality; Stream′ing , the working of alluvial deposits for the ores contained.— adj. Stream′le , not watered by streams.— ns. Stream′let , Stream′ling , a little stream; Stream′-tin , disintegrated tin-ore found in alluvial ground.— adj. Stream′y , abounding in streams: flowing in a stream. [A.S. streám ; Ger. straum , Ice. straumr .]