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bestreak, v.|bɪˈstriːk|
[f. be- 1 + streak v.]
trans. To overspread with streaks, to streak. Hence beˈstreaked ppl. a.
a1600J. Burel in Watson Coll. Scot. P. II. 12 (Jam.) Thair girtens wer of gold bestreik. 1659Cleveland Sing-song ix, Her Cheeks bestreak'd with white and red. 1725Pope Odyss. xv. 65 When the dawn bestreak'd the east. 1849W. Irving Capt. Bonneville 86 The animal is bestreaked with vermilion, or with white clay. |