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- English Word Straddling Definition Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.
- English Word Stradometrical Definition Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads.
- English Word Straggle Definition To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.
- English Word Straggle Definition To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
- English Word Straggle Definition To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
- English Word Straggle Definition To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
- English Word Straggle Definition The act of straggling.
- English Word Straggled Definition of Straggle
- English Word Straggler Definition One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.
- English Word Straggler Definition A roving vagabond.
- English Word Straggler Definition Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
- English Word Straggler Definition Something that stands alone or by itself.
- English Word Straggling Definition of Straggle
- English Word Straggling Definition a. & n. from Straggle, v.
- English Word Stragglingly Definition In a straggling manner.
- English Word Stragula Definition of Stragulum
- English Word Stragulum Definition The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
- English Word Straight Definition A variant of Strait, a.
- English Word Straight Definition Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
- English Word Straight Definition Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
- English Word Straight Definition Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
- English Word Straight Definition Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
- English Word Straight Definition Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
- English Word Straight Definition Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
- English Word Straight Definition In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
- English Word Straight Definition A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
- English Word Straight Definition To straighten.
- English Word Straight-joint Definition Having straight joints.
- English Word Straight-joint Definition Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.
- English Word Straight-joint Definition In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.