Streak | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Strēak, n.

noun

n. [A-S. strica, a line, stroke, course, from strîcan, to go, O. H. Ger. strîchan, N. H. Ger. streichen; L. Ger. & D. streek, Goth. striks, Icel. strik, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, O. H. Ger. strih, N. H. Ger. strich.] 1. A line or long mark, of a different color from the ground; a stripe. What mean those colored streaks in heaven? Milton.

(Ship-building.) A uniform range of planks on the side or bottom, reaching from the stem to the stern; a strake. Totten.
(Min.) The color and appearance presented by the surface of a mineral when scratched. Dana.

Strēak, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. STREAKED (streekt); p. pr. & vb. n. STREAKING.]

To form streaks or stripes in; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors. “A mule admirably streaked and dappled with white and black.” Sandys. “Now streaked and glowing with the morning red.” Prior.
To stretch; to extend. [Obs.]

Down He rushed, and streaked him. Chapman. 3. To lay out, as a dead body. [Prov. Eng.]

Strēak, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [A-S. strican, to go, N. H. Ger. streichen, to pass, rush, run. See supra.] To run swiftly;—hence the vulgar expression, to streak it, that is, to run swiftly.