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Show ST T Behold it like an ample curtain fpread there will appear w aves of a colour differing fro that of the reft ; the wind, by deprefling fome o the ears, and not others, makes the one refle& more from the lateral and frawy parts than th Boyle on Colours reft T Now flreak'd and glowing with the morning red Anon at noon in flaming yellow bright And chufing fable for the peaceful night 2. To firetch STRAY. V. 10 [ froe, Danifh, to {catter fravviare Lenbam Lo, the glad gales o'er all her beauties fray way Or doen thy feeble feet unweeting hither fray Spenfer Common Prayer To miflead Hath not elfe his ey Stray'd his affeion in unlawful love Shake[p Srrav.n /. [from the verb. 1. Any creature wandering beyond its limits ; any thing loft by wandering She hath herfelf not only well defended But taken and impounded as a fra "FThe king of Scots Shake[peare's Henry V Should I take you for a f#ray 2. A& of wandering _4dd What mea thofe colour'd freaks in heav'n Diftended, as the brow of Go appeas'd ? Milton The night comes on, we eager to purfu ‘Till the laft ffreaks of dying day withdrew And doubtful moonlight did our rage deceive. Dry Ten wildings have I gather'd for my dear How ruddy, like your lips, their freaks appear Dryden While the fantaftick tulip ftrives to brea In two-fold beauty, and a parted flreak Prior %9 STREAK. @. a. [from the noun. 1. T firipe to variegat i hues t dapple All the yeanlings which were freak'd and pie Should fall as Jacob's hire. Shak. Merch. of Venice A mule admirably freaked and dappled wit white and black Sandys's Fourncy To-morrow, ere frefh morning ffreak the eaft 2. Flowing with a current My great example, as thou art my theme Tho" deep yet clear, tho' gentle yet not dull Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full Denhbam Thus from one common fource our ffreams divide Ours is the Trojan, yours th> Arcadian fide. Dry Divided interefts, while thou think'ft to {fway Draw like two brooks thy middle fream away Diyden STREET. 2. /. [rcnec, Saxon; firax German ; ffrada, Spanifh and Italian Denied the goddefs water: where deep Mela And rocky Cratis flow, the chariot fmoak' Obfcure with rifing duft Prisn Before him flaming, his enormous fhiel Like the broad fun illumin'd all the field His nodding helm emits a ffreamy ray. Pope's liad fireede, Danith 5 firaet, Dutch; fratun Latin, 1. A way, properly a paved way betwee two rows of houfes He led us through fair ffreets; and all the wa we went there were gathered people on both fides Bacen ftanding in a row Sandj The fireers are no larger than alleys When nigh Darkens the frezts, then wander forth the fon Of Belial, lown with infolence and wine Miltn Witnefs the fireets of Sodom The Italians fay the ancients always confidere the fituation of a building, whether it were higho low, in an open fquare or in a narrow firee; an more or lefs deviated from their rule of ar Ifaiab Atterbary 3. Any thing forcible and continued Had their cables of iron chains had any grea length, they had been unportable; and, bein thort, the fhips muft have funk atan anchor in an Raleigh [fiream of weather It is looked upon as infolence for a man to ad here to his own opinion, againft the current frea Laocke of antiquity 4 Courfe current The very ffream of his life, and the bufinefs h hath helmed, muft give him a better proclamation Shake[peare To STREAM @, 2. [ ffreyma, Hlandick. 1. To flow rent to run/in a continuou cur All but between thofe banks where rivers no Stream, and perpetual draw their humid train Milton On all fides roun Streams the black blood, and fmokes upon the ground Pope 2. To emit a current in a fiream to pour out wate to be overflown Then grateful Greece with ffreaming eyes woul raif Hiftorick marbles to record his praife Pope 3. 'To iffue forth with continuance, not b fits Do my fighs flream." Shak. All's well that ends well To the large convex of yon' azure fky And faints embrace thee Now to impartial love, that god moft high From opening fkies may fireaming glories fhine Addtfifl M'I!l[f When you tattle with fome crony fervant in Ehc ff Sw n op o - e r / o u y a l ee fame fi 2 .POP@ Proverbially, a publick place a an it ti ca in i a l n b e t a T Palm cxliv ;4 complaining in our fireefs Our public ways would be fo 'crq\vdcd, tha we fhould want f}reer-room dddgfim s Spt_&;ta.l i Let us reflect upon what we daily fee practife the world and can we believe, if an apofléeh? r re u w h t e f o i e a p a Chrif caution and comman world STREETWALKER us to be confon?ed t Rogers sSemZ'S . /o [ fhreet and Wf'l f he r f o a t t t t o p A commo to fale in the open ftreet God bad the ground be dry With firft approach of light we muft be ris'n And at our pleafant labour, to refor Yon flow'ry arbours Milton Now let us leave this earth, and lift our ey However fireamy now, aduft and dry a head, -an enlarged its current that of the ground The weft yet glimmers with fome freaks of day Now fpurs the lated traveller apace To gain the timely inn Shakefpeare's Macheth Far off from thefe, a flow and filent fream Lethe, the river of oblivion, roll Milton Her wat'ry labyrinth Arcadia The fream of beneficence hath, by feveral rivulets which have fince fallen into it, wonderfull Shakefpeare Sometimes written frafke STRE‘AMY. odj. [from fream. 1. Abounding in running water You, Drances, never want a fream of words Dryden STREAK. 7. /. [yepice, Saxon; jfreke Dutch ; fricia, Italian.] A line of colour different fro And he muft be an idle dreamer Who leaves the pie, and gnaws the Preamer Priy As plays the fun upon the glafly fream Twinkling another counterfeited beam Shakefpeare's Henry V1 He brought freams out of the rock, and caufe waters to run down like rivers. Pjalm lxxviiis 16 Cocytus nam'd, of lamentation lou Heard in the rueful ffream 5 fierce Phlegethon Whofe waves of torrent fire inflame with rage ftone I would not from your love make fuch a fray To match you where I hate The man of fenfe his meat devours, But only fmells the peel and flow'rs The breath of the Lord is like a fream of brim He cries'out, neighbour, haft thou feen a fra Whofe waving fireamers the glad genera] knows moving forward with continuity of parts Dryden Of bullocks and of heifers pafs this way a a Brav 2. Any thing iffuing fro You muft be kept a year and day. Hudibras ‘When he has traced his talk through all its wil vambles, let him bring home his ffray; not lik the loft theep, with joy, but with tears of penitence Gowvernment of the Tongue Seeing him wander about, I took him up for Pray ftill betwee O could I flow like thee, and make thy ffrea Obfolete a pennon When the hoary head is hid in fnow yater ; current 3. To err; to deviate from the right An en The rofy morn began tc;g fi‘;_fi ffimm 1. A running water; the courfe of runnin Wand'reft thou within this lucid or b And ffray'd from thofe fair fields of light above Amidft this new creation want'ft a guid To reconduct thy fteps Dryden T STrAaY. w. Striped Ilandick 5 fZroom, Dutch. She doth fray abou By holy crofies, where fhe kneeling pray For happy wedlock hours ) hake[peare. His brave flee With filken freamers the you g Pheelbyg fanni STREAM. = /. [yeneam, Saxon ; ffraum Shake[peare flowing loofely from a ftock The fits of falling fnows appears the fireaky green. Dryden Nowhere can I fray Save back to England : ali the world 's my way a flag i And wav'd her faffron firaamer through the'fl e; The life 1s in the leaf, an to range be What grace hath thee now hither brought this We have erred and ffrayed fign and jIrea/ STRE‘AKY. adj. [from freak. variegated by hues Pope yond the proper limits mantle is freumed with' old, Baey .);' STRE'AMER. . /. [fr m/}ream Chapman My eye, defcending from the hill, furvey Where Thames among the wanton valley frays rove out of the way To STREAM: . 4 Tomitkeide or embroidery in long track:mh '.['he,hcrald' From out a ghattly whirlpool ail her neclks Where; glotting round her rock, to fifh fhe falls 1. To wander ; to rove 2. T Prior QObfolete She lurks in mid{t of all her den Italian, to wander. Breathe on her lips, and in her bofom play S STRENGTH. ». /i [epengd, Su )' fo t o w p u g v r F 1 and from d d v d u t o f But frengt raife Tllaudable, nou Thou muft outliv Milte o Th chang weak, and grey : Th', infultin And mena Was it the firength I To wither'd In that bla durabi dur ;dfirr{pnef 2. Power of enduranch hardneis lity ; toughnefs of bo firengt brittl th o I‘g'ot, founc%a Fir |