to stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.-a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.-a strake.-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.-the rung or round of a ladder.-to form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.-with it as an object: to run swiftly.