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Definition of Bestreak
1. v. t. To streak.
Definition of Bestreak
1. Verb. (transitive) To mark or cover with streaks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bestreak
1. to overspread with streaks [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestreak
Literary usage of Bestreak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technological dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"m bandas, to »ream. — en bandas ill (»torts (tew.) to bestreak. ... to bestreak —
en matices (sew. ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1828)
"But when the dawn bestreak'd the east, The king from Helen rose, and sought his
guest. As soon as his approach the hero knew, The splendid mantle round him ..."
3. Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem by Torquato Tasso, John Hoole (1797)
"360 Aloft his head and squalid crest he held, bestreak'd with gold ; his neck
with anger swell'd ; Fire fill'd his eyes ; he hid the path beneath ..."
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