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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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Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
v. t.
To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
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A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
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A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
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A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.
v. t.
To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub.
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Marked or variegated with stripes.
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A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.
v. t.
To mark with wales, or stripes.
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A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat.
v. t.
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
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A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance.
v. t.
To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
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A South African wild ass (Equus, / Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body.
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A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm.
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A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis).
v. t.
To mark with stripes. See Wale.
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A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.
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A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
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