Strī'āte1, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. STRIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. STRIATING.] To mark with grooves or channels. “Striated longitudinally.” R. Owen.
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[imp. & p. p. STRIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. STRIATING.] To mark with grooves or channels. “Striated longitudinally.” R. Owen.
[Lat. striatus, p. p. of striare, to furnish with channels, from stria; Fr. strié. See supra.] 1. Formed with small channels; finely channeled. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Streaked delicately with colored lines, or with very slender parallel groovings. 3. (Fine Arts.) Disposed in ornamental lines, either parallel or wavy. Fairholt.