stria

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: stri=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

stria, n. [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.].

•  A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striæ, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striæ on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.  [1913 Webster]
•  A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.  Oxf. Gloss.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stria, n. (pl. -ae)
1 Anat., Zool., Bot., & Geol. a a linear mark on a surface. b a slight ridge, furrow, or score.
2 Archit. a fillet between the flutes of a column.

Etymology

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