Chapter Streaked to Stress of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Street
(Street) n. [OE. strete, AS. str&aemacrt, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See Strew, and cf. Stratum, Stray, v. & a.] Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.

He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field.

Coverdale.

At home or through the high street passing.

Milton.

In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare.

His deserted mansion in Duke Street.

Macaulay.

The street (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. — Street Arab, Street broker, etc. See under Arab, Broker, etc. — Street door, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street.

Syn. — See Way.

Streetwalker
(Street"walk`er) n. A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

Streetward
(Street"ward`) n. An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [Obs.] Cowell.

Streetward
(Street"ward) a. Facing toward the street.

Their little streetward sitting room.

Tennyson.

Streight
(Streight) a., n., & adv. See 2nd Strait. [Obs.]

Streighten
(Streight"en) v. t. See Straiten. [Obs.]

Strein
(Strein) v. t. To strain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Streit
(Streit) a. [See Stretch.] Drawn. [Obs.]

Pyrrhus with his streite sword.

Chaucer.

Streit
(Streit), a. Close; narrow; strict. [Obs.] See Strait.

Streite
(Streite), adv. Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [Obs.]

Strelitz
(Strel"itz) n. sing. & pl. [Russ. strieliéts' a shooter, archer.] A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.

Strelitzia
(||Stre*litz"i*a) n. [NL., named after Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of Great Britain.] (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.

Strene
(Strene) n. [OE. stren, streen, streon, AS. gestriénan, gestrnan, gestreónan, to beget, to obtain, gestreón gain, wealth; akin to OHG. striunan to gain. Cf. Strian race, family.] Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Strenger
(Stren"ger Stren"gest) , the original compar. & superl. of Strong. [Obs.]

Two of us shall strenger be than one.

Chaucer.