streck

Etymology
Used in this form in the Bible translation of 1541. From, from , from.

Cognate with Norwegian, Danish , corresponding to Gothic striks, Middle Low German , Middle High German and German , related to German verb and English.

A separate loan is the sense as a rope, from Old High German stric, German, Middle Low German.

Noun

 * 1) a short(ish) line; a line, a dash
 * 2) a clothesline
 * 3) a mischievous act
 * 1) a clothesline
 * 2) a mischievous act
 * 1) a mischievous act
 * 1) a mischievous act