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(n.) The rung or round of a ladder.
(2):
(n.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
(3):
(v. t.) To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
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(n.) A strake.
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(v. t.) With it as an object: To run swiftly.
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(v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
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(n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.