Stream of Egypt

(Isaiah 27:12), the Wady el-`Arish, called also "the river of Egypt," R.V., "brook of Egypt" (Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4; 2 Kings 24:7). It is the natural boundary of Egypt. Occasionally in winter, when heavy rains have fallen among the mountains inland, it becomes a turbulent rushing torrent. The present boundary between Egypt and Palestine is about midway between el-`Arish and Gaza.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.

2. (n.) A beam or ray of light.

3. (n.) Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.

4. (n.) A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.

5. (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.

6. (v. i.) To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.

7. (v. i.) To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.

8. (v. i.) To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.

9. (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.

10. (v. t.) To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.

11. (v. t.) To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.

12. (v. t.) To unfurl.