[ad. mod.L. striāt-, ppl. stem of striāre, f. stria: see STRIA and -ATE2.] trans. To mark or score with striæ, to furrow, streak.

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1709.  Phil. Trans., XXVI. 378. This melted Matter … fix’d in a Regulus-like, friable Mass, and appear’d sometimes lightly striated, or shot into sharp Points like Needles.

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a. 1776.  J. Ellis, Zoophytes (1786), 3. Its body is striated lengthways with thousands of little glands.

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1814.  Southey, Roderick, XVI. 96. The rocky vale … Bare here, and striated with many a hue, Scored by the wintry rain.

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1862.  G. P. Scrope, Volcanos, 409. Such sudden floods … striate and polish its hardest rocks.

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