strakyadj.
/ˈstreɪki/ Now dialect.
Streaky.
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brinded1430
straked1537
branded1561
flaked1577
pencilled1592
streaked1600
brandy1608
striated1646
straky1650
bestreakeda1658
tabby1665
whipped1673
brindle1676
brindled1678
striate1678
rowy1742
streaky1747
virgated1803
roded1841
fibrilloso-striate1846
roey1850
tabbied1861
rody1864
1650 T. Venner Via Recta (ed. 3) 197 Bloudwort..is well known by the red strakie colour of the leaves.
1886 W. Som. Wordbk. (at cited word) I likes bacon straky, nit all fat.
1887 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven I. ix. 68 The weariless tide..gurgled with a quiet wash along the straky bends.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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