stripe

STRIPE, noun [See Strip. It is probable that this word is taken from stripping.] 1. A line or long narrow division of any thing, of a different color from the ground as a stripe of red on a green ground; hence, any linear variation of color. 2. A strip or long narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as a long stripe sewed upon a garment. 3. The weal or long narrow mark discolored by a lash or rod. 4. A stroke made with a lash, whip, rod, strap or scourge. Forty stripes may he give him, and not exceed. Deuteronomy 25:3. [A blow with a club is not a stripe ] 5. Affliction; punishment; sufferings. By his stripes are we healed. Isaiah 53:5. STRIPE, verb transitive 1. To make stripes; to form with lines of different colors; to variegate with stripes. 2. To stripe; to lash. [Little used.]