A thin line; a streak, a stripe. Obsolete.

A streak, vein.

A thin irregular line of a different colour or substance from that of the material or surface of which it forms a part.

A streak or band of colour. Cf. lace, v. 5. Obsolete. rare.

A small band, streak, or fillet; in Architecture a small flat moulding encompassing a column.

Chiefly in scientific use. A small groove, channel, or ridge; a narrow streak, stripe, or band of distinctive colour, structure, or texture; esp.…

A band or streak. (Cf. quot. 1673 at garland, n. 6c.)

An intermediate striation, streak, or linear marking.

One of a set or system of striae, a streak, a marking; esp. Geology one of the grooves or glacial marks found on rock-surfaces; Mineralogy (plural)…

An arrangement of markings in the grain of a piece of wood (typically mahogany), which gives the appearance of short stripes or streaks on the…

(a) A row or line of corn as it falls when mown; = swath, n.1 3 (b) A streak or stripe produced as if by swiping.