Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STRAW'-BUILT, a. [straw and built.]

Constructed of straw; as, the suburbs of a straw-built citadel. – Milton.

STRAW'-COL-OR, n.

The color of dry straw; beautiful yellowish color.

STRAW'-COL-OR-ED, a.

Of a light yellow, the color of dry straw.

STRAW'-CROWN-ED, a.

Covered with straw.

STRAW'-CUT-TER, n.

An instrument to cut straw for fodder.

STRAW'-DRAIN, n.

A drain filled with straw.

STRAW'-ROOF-ED, a.

Having a roof of straw. – Hemans.

STRAW'-STUFF-ED, a.

Stuffed with straw. – Hall.

STRAW'-WORM, n. [straw and worm.]

A worm bred in straw.

STRAW'Y, a.

1. Made of straw; consisting of straw. – Boyle.
2. Like straw; light.

STRAY, n.

1. Any domestic animal that has left an inclosure or its proper place and company, and wanders at large or is lost. The laws provide that strays shall be taken up, impounded and advertised. Seeing him wander about, took him up for a stray. – Dryden.
2. The act of wandering. [Little used.] – Shak.

STRAY, v.i. [The elements of this word are not certainly known. If they are Strg, the word coincides with Sax. strægan, stregan, to scatter, to spread, the L. stravi, Eng. to strow, strew or straw, also with G. streicben, to wander, to strike; both probably from the root of reach, stretch. Possibly stray is from the It. straviare, from L. extra and via. I am inclined however to refer it to a Teutonic origin, See Straggle.]

1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate or go out of the way. We say, to stray from the path or road into the forest or wood.
2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; as, a sheep strays from the flock; a horse strays from an inclosure.
3. To rove; to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err; to deviate. We have erred and strayed. – Com. Prayer.
4. To wander; to rove at large; to play free and unconfined. Lo, the glad gales o'er an her beauties stray, / Breathe on her lips and in her bosom play. – Pope.
5. To wander; to run a serpentine course. Where Thames among the wanton valley strays. – Denham.

STRAY, v.t.

To mislead. [Not in use.] – Shak.

STRAY'ER, n.

A wanderer.

STRAY'ING, n.

The act of wandering away.

STRAY'ING, ppr.

Wandering; roving; departing from the direct course, from the proper inclosure, or from the path of duty.

STREAK, n. [Sax. strica, a line, direction, course; strican, to go; stric, a stroke, a plague, and strec, a stretch; G. streich, a stroke or stripe, and strich, id.; D. streek; course; Dan. streg, a stroke or line; strikke, a cord; strög, a stroke, a tract, a row; Sw. stråk; Ir. strioc. These have all the same elements, and the L. stria is probably a contraction of the same word; Sp. traca, without a prefix.]

1. A line or long mark, of a different color from the ground; a stripe. What mean those color'd streaks in heaven? – Milton.
2. In a ship, a uniform range of planks on the side or bottom; sometimes pronounced strake. – Mar. Dict.

STREAK, v.i.

To run swiftly. [Vulgar in New England.]

STREAK, v.t.

1. To form streaks or stripes in; to stripe in; variegate with lines of a different color or of different colors. A mule admirably streaked and dappled with white and black. – Sandy. Now streak'd and glowing with the morning red. – Prior.
2. To stretch. [Not elegant.] – Chapman.

STREAK'ED, pp.

Marked or variegated with stripes of different color.

STREAK'ING, ppr.

Making streaks in.

STREAK'Y, a.

Having stripes; striped; variegated with lines of a different color.

STREAM, n. [Sax. stream; G. strom; D. stroom; Dan. ström; Sw. ström; W. ystrym; Ir. sreamh or sreav. If m is radical, this word belongs to Class Rm.]

1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid substance flowing in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river or brook, or from a vessel or other reservoir or fountain. Hence,
2. A river, brook or rivulet.
3. A current of water in the ocean; as, the gulf stream.
4. A current of melted metal or other substance; as, a stream of lead or iron flowing from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
5. Any thing issuing from a source and moving with a continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. A stream of beneficence. – Atterbury.
6. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. [Not used.] – Ralegh. The stream of his life. – Shak.
7. A current of air or gas, or of light.
8. Current; drift; as, of opinions or manners. It is difficult to oppose the stream of public opinion.
9. Water.

STREAM, v.i.

1. To flow; to move or run in a continuous current. Blood streams from a vein. Beneath the banks where rivers stream. – Milton.
2. To emit; to pour out in abundance. His eyes streamed with tears.
3. To issue with continuance, not by fits. From op'ning skies my streaming glories shine. – Pope.
4. To issue or shoot in streaks; as, light streaming from the east.
5. To extend; to stretch in a long line; as, a flag streaming in the wind.

STREAM, v.t.

To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts. The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. – Bacon.