Straight-joint
Straight″–joint′ (?), a.(Arch.) Having straight joints. Specifically: (a) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Straight-lined
Straight″–lined′ (?), a. Having straight lines.
Straight-out
Straight″–out′ (?), a. Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.
Straight-pight
Straight″–pight′ (?), a. Straight in form or upright in position; erect. Shak.
Straight-spoken
Straight″–spo′ken (?), a. Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. Lowell.
Straightedge
Straight″edge′ (?), n. A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, — used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing ...
Straighten
Straight″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Straighted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Straighting.] 1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.2. To make right or correct; to...
Straighten (2)
Straight″en, v. t. A variant of Straiten.
Straightener
Straight″en‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, straightens.
Straightforth
Straight″forth′ (?), adv. Straightway.
Straightforward
Straight′for″ward (?), a. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank. — adv. In a straightforward manner. — Straight′for″ward‐ly, adv. — Straight′fo...
Straighthorn
Straight″horn′ (?), n.(Paleon.) An orthoceras.
Straightly
Straight″ly, adv. In a right line; not crookedly.
Straightly (2)
Straight″ly, adv. A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.
Straightness
Straight″ness, n. The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.
Straightness (2)
Straight″ness, n. A variant of Straitness.
Straightway
Straight″way′ (?), adv. Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi.... And straightway the damsel arose. Ma...
Straightways
Straight″ways′ (?), adv. Straightway.
Straik
Straik (?), n. A strake.
Strain
Strain (?), n. [See Strene.] 1. Race; stock; generation; descent; family.He is of a noble strain. Shak.With animals and plants a cross between different varieties, or between in...
Strain (2)
Strain, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Strained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Straining.] [OF. estraindre, estreindre, F. étreindre, L. stringere to draw or bind tight; probably akin to Gr. � a halte...
Strain (3)
Strain (strān), v. i. 1. To make violent efforts. “Straining with too weak a wing.” Pope.To build his fortune I will strain a little. Shak.2. To percolate; to be filtered; as, w...
Strain (4)
Strain, n. 1. The act of straining, or the state of being strained. Specifically: —(a) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he ...
Strain (5)
Strain, n.(Hort.) A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated.
Strainable
Strain″a‐ble (–ȧ‐b'l), a. 1. Capable of being strained.2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
Strainably
Strain″a‐bly, adv. Violently. Holinshed.
Strained
Strained (?), a. 1. Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.2. Done or produced with straining or excessive effor...