STRAKE

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

imp. of Strike. Spenser.

2.
n.

A streak. [Obs.] Spenser."White strake." Gen. xxx. 37.

3.
n.

An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces.

4.
n.

One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak.

5.
n.

A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.


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