Streaked to Stress
Streaked
(Streaked) a.
1. Marked or variegated with stripes.
2. Uncomfortable; out of sorts. [Local, U.S.]
Streaky
(Streak"y) a. Same as Streaked, 1. "The streaky west." Cowper.
Stream
(Stream) n. [AS. streám; akin to OFries. stram, OS. strom, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum,
strum, Dan. & Sw. ström, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing,
"rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. &radic174. Cf. 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. (Naut.) 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), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Streamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. 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), v. t. 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.
