Formerly described thus:
"A streamer shall stand in the toppe of a shippe, or in the forecastle, and therein be putt no armes, but a man's conceit or device, and may be of the length of 20, 30, 40, or 60 yardes."
·noun A searcher for stream tin. II. Streamer ·noun An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in th...
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