*stree*

n. [ Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpentry. ] (Naut.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the “top.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as gallows.
Syn. -- gallows, gibbet, gallows tree, gallow tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A main thoroughfare, usually one in a small town having the largest concentration of retail businesses. [ PJC ]

2. Hence: (Fig.) The attitudes, environment, or life style of a small town; -- usually capitalized, and often used attributively; as, Main Street attitudes toward Washington. [ PJC ]

n. An average person; as, the views of the man in the street. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Not performed on the streets; as, off-street parking; off-street unloading of vehicles. Opposite of on-street. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. at the sides of streets; as, on-street parking is prohibited at rush hour. Opposite of off-street. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A street remote from the center of a town. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Straw. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Stroll. ] To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Strene. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. strete, AS. str&aemacr_;t, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See Strew, and cf. Stratum, Stray, v. & a. ] 1. Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. [ 1913 Webster ]

He removed [ the body of ] Amasa from the street unto the field. Coverdale. [ 1913 Webster ]

At home or through the high street passing. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. [ 1913 Webster ]

His deserted mansion in Duke Street. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the roadway of a street{ 1 }, as distinguished from the sidewalk; as, children playing in the street. [ PJC ]

3. the inhabitants of a particular street; as, the whole street knew about their impending divorce. [ PJC ]

The street (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. --
on the street, (a) homeless. (b) unemployed. (a) not in prison, or released from prison; the murderer is still on the street. --
Street Arab,
Street broker, etc. See under Arab, Broker, etc. --
Street door, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street. --
street person, a homeless person; a vagrant. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Syn. -- See Way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [ Obs. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Facing toward the street. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their little streetward sitting room. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet. G. W. Gable. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending from Broadway to the East River; -- so called from the old wall which extended along it when the city belonged to the Dutch. It is the chief financial center of the United States, hence the name is often used for the money market and the financial interests of the country; -- in American financial publications, also referred to as the street. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]