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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete spelling of stream.

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Examples

  • In this countrey, said syr Marhaus cam neuer knyghte syn it was crystened, but he fonde straunge auentures, and soo they rode, and cam in to a depe valey ful of stones, and ther by they sawe a fayr streme of water, aboue ther by was the hede of the streme, a fayr fontayne, & thre damoysels syttynge therby.

    A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman

  • Mie spryte shulde revelle yn theyr harte-blodde streme.

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • The barkis heafods [10] coupe [11] the lymed [12] streme;

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • Balyn's swerd was put in a marbel stone standyng up ryght as grete as a mylle stone, and the stone hoved alweyes above the water, and dyd many yeres, and so by adventure it swam doun the streme to the Cyte of Camelot that is in Englysshe Wynchestre. '

    The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

  • I use my Itouch with the Pandora app and streme my custom radio stations through my Bose Idock.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2010

  • In the space of 100. leagues sayling we found a very pleasant place situated amongst certaine litle hils: (M334) from amidst the which hils there ran downe into the sea an exceeding great streme of water, which within the mouth was very deepe, and from the sea to the mouth of the same with the tide which we found to rise 8. foote, any great ship laden may passe vp.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584

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  • Chanell, with such force commeth in the water, that it would ouerthrowe shippe or barke: yet for all this, that the barkes be so farre out of the Chanell, and though the water hath lost her greatest strength and furie before it come so high, yet they make fast their prowe to the streme, and oftentimes it maketh them very fearefull, and if the anker did not holde her prowe vp by strength, shee would be ouerthrowen and lost with men and goods.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • So when America Ferrar handed it out and she said, "And the winner is Ka" -- I thought, well, it's not Ka streme (ph) Home Makeover ".

    CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2007 2007

  • So when America Ferrar handed it out and she said, "And the winner is Ka" -- I thought, well, it's not Ka streme (ph) Home Makeover ".

    CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2007 2007

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