SPage 554
- English Word Straight-lined Definition Having straight lines.
- English Word Straight-out Definition Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.
- English Word Straight-pight Definition Straight in form or upright in position; erect.
- English Word Straight-spoken Definition Speaking with directness; plain-spoken.
- English Word Straighted Definition of Straighten
- English Word Straightedge Definition 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 straight lines.
- English Word Straighten Definition To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
- English Word Straighten Definition To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
- English Word Straighten Definition A variant of Straiten.
- English Word Straightener Definition One who, or that which, straightens.
- English Word Straightforth Definition Straightway.
- English Word Straightforward Definition Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
- English Word Straightforward Definition In a straightforward manner.
- English Word Straighthorn Definition An orthoceras.
- English Word Straighting Definition of Straighten
- English Word Straightly Definition In a right line; not crookedly.
- English Word Straightly Definition A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.
- English Word Straightness Definition The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.
- English Word Straightness Definition A variant of Straitness.
- English Word Straightway Definition Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
- English Word Straightways Definition Straightway.
- English Word Straik Definition A strake.
- English Word Strain Definition Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
- English Word Strain Definition Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
- English Word Strain Definition Rank; a sort.
- English Word Strain Definition To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
- English Word Strain Definition To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.
- English Word Strain Definition To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
- English Word Strain Definition To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.
- English Word Strain Definition To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.