Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Strisciáre, v. n.
1. to go trailing along like a snail or snake, to drag one's self along; 2. to slip, slide, crawl; 3. to streak, graze, shave;4. to cringe. — il brando, to brandish a sword; 5. to proceed, advance impetuously;6. to act effeminately; 7. to overflow its banks;8. to level, raze. L'artiglieria strisciava tutti i loro ripari, the artillery swept away all their intrenchments.
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strisciare: to streake or draw out in lines or streakes. Also to sleeke or make smooth. Also to slide or glide vpon ice. Also to drag, to tratle, to creepe or craule along the ground. Also to currie, to rub, or smooth a horse. Also to make a trampling noise with ones feet as Canarie dancers vse. Also to lay a counterfeit colour on any thing or paint as women doe their faces.