Streaky Streak"y adjective Same as Streaked , 1. "The streaky west." Cowper.

Stream Stream (strēm) noun [ Anglo-Saxon streám ; akin to OFries. strām , Old Saxon strōm , Dutch stroom , German strom , Old High German stroum , strūm , Dan. & Swedish ström , Icelandic straumr , Ir. sroth , Lithuanian srove , Russian struia , Greek "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Sanskrit sru . √174. Confer Catarrh , Diarrhea , Rheum , Rhythm .] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams ; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.

2. A beam or ray of light. "Sun streams ." Chaucer.

3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. "The stream of beneficence." Atterbury. "The stream of emigration." Macaulay.

4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. "The very stream of his life." Shak.

5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.

Gulf stream . See under Gulf . -- Stream anchor , Stream cable . (Nautical) See under Anchor , and Cable . -- Stream ice , blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. -- Stream tin , particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. -- Stream works (Cornish Mining) , a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. Ure. -- To float with the stream , figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it.

Syn. -- Current; flow; rush; tide; course. -- Stream , Current . These words are often properly interchangeable; but stream is the broader word, denoting a prevailing onward course. The stream of the Mississippi rolls steadily on to the Gulf of Mexico, but there are reflex currents in it which run for a while in a contrary direction.

Stream Stream intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Streamed ; present participle & verbal noun Streaming .] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.

Beneath those banks where rivers stream .

Milton.

2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.

A thousand suns will stream on thee.

Tennyson.

3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.

4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.

Stream Stream transitive verb To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.

It may so please that she at length will stream
Some dew of grace into my withered heart.

Spenser.

2. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.

The herald's mantle is streamed with gold.

Bacon.

3. To unfurl. Shak.

To stream the buoy . (Nautical) See under Buoy .

Stream clock Stream clock (Physiol.) An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel.

Stream gold Stream gold (Mining) Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold.

Stream line Stream line The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluid undisturbed by eddies or the like.

Stream wheel Stream wheel A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a current wheel.

Streamer Stream"er noun 1. An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.

Brave Rupert from afar appears,
Whose waving streamers the glad general knows.

Dryden.

3. A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. Macaulay.

While overhead the North's dumb streamers shoot.

Lowell.

3. (Mining) A searcher for stream tin.

Streamful Stream"ful adjective Abounding in streams, or in water. "The streamful tide." Drayton.

Streaminess Stream"i·ness noun The state of being streamy; a trailing. R. A. Proctor.

Streaming Stream"ing adjective Sending forth streams.

Streaming Stream"ing noun 1. The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.

2. (Mining) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.

Streamless Stream"less adjective Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel.

Streamlet Stream"let noun A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.

Streamline Stream"line` adjective Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow that is free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline; hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as to afford an unbroken flow of a fluid about it, esp. when the resistance to flow is the least possible; as, a streamline body for an automobile or airship.

Streamy Stream"y adjective 1. Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful.

Arcadia
However streamy now, adust and dry,
Denied the goddess water.

Prior.

2. Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream.

His nodding helm emits a streamy ray.

Pope.

Stree Stree noun Straw. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Streek Streek transitive verb To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak . [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Streel Streel intransitive verb [ Confer Stroll .] To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [ Colloq.] Thackeray.

Streen Streen noun See Strene . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Street Street (strēt) noun [ Middle English strete , Anglo-Saxon strǣt , from Latin strata (sc. via ) a paved way, properly fem. past participle of sternere , stratum , to spread; akin to English strew . See Strew , and confer Stratum , Stray , v. & adjective ] Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.

He removed [ the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field.

Coverdale.

At home or through the high street passing.

Milton.

» In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare.

His deserted mansion in Duke Street .

Macaulay.

The street (Broker's Cant) , that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. -- Street Arab , Street broker , etc. See under Arab , Broker , etc. -- Street door , a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street.

Syn. -- See Way .

Streetwalker Street"walk`er noun A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

Streetward Street"ward` noun An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [ Obsolete] Cowell.

Streetward Street"ward adjective Facing toward the street.

Their little streetward sitting room.

Tennyson.

Streight Streight adjective , noun , & adverb See 2nd Strait . [ Obsolete]

Streighten Streight"en transitive verb See Straiten . [ Obsolete]

Strein Strein transitive verb To strain. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Streit Streit adjective [ See Stretch .] Drawn. [ Obsolete]

Pyrrhus with his streite sword.

Chaucer.

Streit Streit adjective Close; narrow; strict. [ Obsolete] See Strait .

Streite Streite adverb Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [ Obsolete]

Strelitz Strel"itz noun sing. & plural [ Russian strieliéts' a shooter, archer.] A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.

Strelitzia Stre·litz"i·a noun [ New Latin , named after Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz , and queen of George III of Great Britain.] (Botany) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.

Strene Strene noun [ Middle English stren , streen , streon , Anglo-Saxon ge striénan , ge str...nan , ge streónan , to beget, to obtain, ge streón gain, wealth; akin to Old High German striunan to gain. Confer Strian race, family.] Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Strenger, Strengest Stren"ger, Stren"gest the original compar. & superl. of Strong . [ Obsolete]

Two of us shall strenger be than one.

Chaucer.

Strength Strength noun [ Middle English strengthe , Anglo-Saxon strengðu , from strang strong. See Strong .] 1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.

All his [ Samson's] strength in his hairs were.

Chaucer.

Thou must outlive
Thy youth, thy strength , thy beauty.

Milton.

2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility ; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like. "The brittle strength of bones." Milton.

3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. "Our castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn." Shak.

4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.

5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.

God is our refuge and strength .

Ps. xlvi. 1.

What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be one of our principal strengths .

Sprat.

Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation.

Jer. Taylor.

6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?

7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work.

And praise the easy vigor of a life
Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join.

Pope.

8. Intensity; -- said of light or color.

Bright Phœbus in his strength .

Shak.

9. Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.

10. A strong place; a stronghold. [ Obsolete] Shak.

On , or Upon , the strength of , in reliance upon. "The allies, after a successful summer, are too apt, upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for the ensuing campaign." Addison.

Syn. -- Force; robustness; toughness; hardness; stoutness; brawniness; lustiness; firmness; puissance; support; spirit; validity; authority. See Force .

Strength Strength transitive verb To strengthen. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Strengthen Strength"en transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Strengthened ; present participle & verbal noun Strengthening .] 1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.

Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . .
With powerful policy strengthen themselves.

Shak.

2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.

Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.

Deut. iii. 28.

Syn. -- To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage.

Strengthen Strength"en intransitive verb To grow strong or stronger.

The young disease, that must subdue at length,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

Pope.

Strengthener Strength"en·er noun One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple.

Strengthening Strength"en·ing adjective That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly , adverb

Strengthening plaster (Medicine) , a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.

Strengthful Strength"ful adjective Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. -- Strength"ful*ness , noun

Florence my friend, in court my faction
Not meanly strengthful .

Marston.

Strengthing Strength"ing noun A stronghold. [ Obsolete]

Strengthless Strength"less adjective Destitute of strength. Boyle.

Strengthner Strength"ner noun See Strengthener .

Strengthy Strength"y adjective Having strength; strong. [ Obsolete]

Strenuity Stre·nu"i·ty noun [ Latin strenuatis .] Strenuousness; activity. [ Obsolete] Chapman.

Strenuous Stren"u·ous adjective [ Latin strenuus ; confer Greek ... strong, hard, rough, harsh.] Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.

And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.

Chapman.

Strenuous , continuous labor is pain.

I. Taylor.

-- Stren"u*ous*ly , adverb -- Stren"u*ous*ness , noun

Strepent Strep"ent adjective [ Latin strepens , present participle of strepere to make a noise.] Noisy; loud. [ R.] Shenstone.

Streperous Strep"er·ous adjective [ Late Latin streperus , from Latin strepere . See Strepent , and confer Obstreperous .] Loud; boisterous. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

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