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Webster 1913 Edition
Stria
Stri′a
,Noun.
pl.
Striae
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. [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.]
1.
A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation;
as, the
. striae
, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae
on the surface of a shell; a stria
of nervous matter in the brain2.
(Arch.)
A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
Oxf. Gloss.