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10. East and west; along an east and west line: straightforward (strat'for'wiird), adv. [Also 
used of the position of the body in Christian 
burial. 
First Clo. Is she to be buried in Christian burial that right ahead. 
straightfoneards. formerly also straitforward; 
< strti/i/lift + forward 1 ."] Directly forward; 
wilfully seeks her own salvation? 
Sec. Clo. I tell thee she is ; and therefore make her 
grave straight; the crowner hath sat on her, and finds it 
Christian burial. Shak., Hamlet, v. 1. 4. 
11. In poker, consisting of a sequence; form- 
ing a straight: as, a straight hand; a straight 
flush A straight face, an unsmiling face; a sober, 
unamused expression : as, he could with difficulty keep a 
straight face. [Colloq.] Long straight^. See longi. 
Straight accents, the long marks over the vowels, as 
a, e,i,o,u,y. Straight angle. See angle'J.l. Straight 
arch, in arch., a form of arch spanning an aperture in 
which the intrados is represented by straight lines 
which meet in a point at the top and comprise two sides 
of a triangle. Straight ends and walls, a system of 
working coal, somewhat similar to ''board and pillar." 
[North Wales.] Straight flush. See flush*. Straight- 
intestine, bowel, or gut, the rectum. See cuts under 
alimentary, intestine, and peritoneum.*- Straight sheer. 
See sheer-', 1. Straight sinus, ticket, tubule, etc. See 
the nouns. 
II. n. 1. The condition of being straight, or Straightforwardly (strat'f6r'ward-li), adr. In 
free from curvature or crookedness of any a straightforward manner. Athen&um,No.3258, 
kind: as, to be out of the straight. [Colloq.] P- 451. 
2. A straight part or direction: as, the Straightforwardness (straff or' ward-nes), . 
straight of a piece of timber. 3. In poker, a Straightforward character or conduct; unde- 
sequence of cards, generally five in number, viating rectitude: as, a man of remarkable 
or a hand containing such a sequence. straightforwardness. 
straight 1 (strat), adv. [< ME. streight, streyght, straight-hearted, a. See strait-hearted, 
streyghte, etc. ; < straight, a.] 1. In a straight straight-horn (strat'horn), n. A fossil cepha- 
line; without swerving or deviating from the toppd of the family Orthoceratidie, some of 
Look not on this side or that side, or behind you as Lot's 
wife did, but straightforward/* on the end. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1863), II. 211. 
straightforward (strat'f6r'n-iir<l),ri. l<slrnif/lit- 
/n/'rrf, </!.] 1. Direct; leading directly for- 
ward or onward. 
Midway upon the journey of our life 
I found myself within a forest dark, 
For the straightforward pathway had been lost. 
Longfellow, tr. of Dante's Inferno, i. 3. 
2. Characterized by uprightness, honesty, or 
frankness ; honest ; frank ; open ; without de- 
viation or prevarication: as, a straightforward 
course; a straight tforward person, character, or 
answer. 
In prose he wrote as he conversed and as he preached, 
using the plain straightforward language of common life. 
Bunyan, p. 40. 
direct course ; directly. 
which were 12 or 15 feet long; an orthocera- 
Streight aforn hym a fair feld gan behold. * ite : *-. p : Carpenter. 
Bom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4861. Straight-joint (strat'jomt), a. Noting a floor 
Floating straight, obedient to the stream. tne boards of which are so laid that the joints 
Shot., C. of E., i. l. 87. form a continuous line throughout the length. 
2. At once; immediately; directly; straight- straightly 1 (strat'li), ode. [< '/traighfl + -ly*."] 
way In a straight line; not crookedly ; directly: as, 
. . , to run straightlu on. Imn. Diet. 
And went streyghte into the Hospytall, and refresshed . . ... .,/ *, . J , , . ... ^m 
s with mete anldrynke, and rested vs there an houre or Straightly^t, adv. An obsolete spelling of 
The property or 
straight; straighten. [Rare.] 
The old gypsy, in the mean time, set about arranging 
the dead body, composing its limbs, and straighting the 
.ij. bycause of our watche the nyght byfore. straitty. 
Sir K. Guylfordt, Pylgrymage, p. 28. StraightneSS (strat'nes), n. 
Shew him an enemy, his pain 's forgot straight. state of being straight. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, i. 1. straight-out (strat'out), a. and n. I. a. Out- 
Straight 1 (strat), v. t. [< straight*, a .] To make and-out ; straight : as, straight-out Republicans. 
""--- " II. n. In U.S. politics, one who votes a straight 
or strictly party ticket; a thorough partizan. 
Other sinniiiit-iiiits. as they call themselves, . . . can- 
arms by its side. 
Straight 2 t, a. and n. 
strait 1 , 
straightaway (strat'a-wa/), a. 
ward, without turn or curve : as, a straightaway 
course in a yacht- or horse-race. 
At the Ascot, where I was last Thursday, the course is 
a straightaway one. T. C. Crawford, English Life, p. 28. palms, etc. 
straight-hilled (strat'bild), a. Having the bill Straightway (strat'wa), adv. [< ME. streight- 
straight, as a bird ; rectirostral. wey ;<. straight 1 + way^."] Immediately; forth- 
, 
Scott, Guy Mannering, 
An obsolete spelling of 
not take Grant and the Republicans. 
The Nation, Aug. 22, 1872, p. 113 
straight-pightt (strat'pit), a. [< straight 1 + 
Straight for- piffM.] Straight-fixed; erect. 
Straiffht-piyht Minerva. Shak., Cymbeline, v. 5. 164. 
Straight-ribbed (strat'ribd), a. In dot., having 
the lateral ribs straight, as leaves of Castanea, 
straight-cut (strat'kut), a. Cut in a straight with; without loss of time ; without delay. 
The! hilde her streiyht-wey toward north wales to a Citee 
that longed to the kynge Tradily-uaunte. 
Merlin (E. E. T. &.), ill. 558. 
And straightway the damsel arose and walked. 
Mark v. 4-2. 
manner: applied to fine grades of cut smoking 
tobacco. The leaves are flattened out, packed com- 
pactly, and cut lengthwise, long fibers being thus obtained 
that present a beautiful silky appearance. 
straight-edge (strat'ej), . A bar having one 
edge, at least, as straight as possible, to be straightwayst (strat'waz), adr. [< straightway 
used as a fiducial line in drawing and testing + adv. gen. -s.] Straightway, 
straight lines. Such instruments when of the greatest None of the three could win a palm of ground but the 
accuracy are somewhat costly. Common straight-edges other two would straightways balance it. 
for ruling ordinary lines, testing the surface of mill- Bacon, Empire (ed. 1887) 
stones, brickwork and stonework, etc., are made of wood, i_j. a / i -n j\ 
and range from a slip of wood one foot long to planks cut Straight-Winged (strat wingd), a. In entom., 
in the form of a truss and ten or more feet in length. See having straight wings ; orthopterous. 
cut under plumb-rule. straik 1 , n. A Scotch spelling of stroke*. 
Straighten 1 (stra'tn), v. [< straight^ + -en 1 .] gtraik 2 ,t'. t. A Scotch form of stroke?. 
I. trans. To make straight, in any sense ; spe- strailt, [< ME. stroyfc, < AS. streofl/, *str*0<tf, 
cifically, to reduce from a crooked to a straight contr. strjisl, a bed-cover, carpet, rug, = OF. 
stragule, a mantle, coverlet, s L. utragulum, a 
spread, covering, coverlet, blanket, carpet, rug, 
also stragula, a covering, blanket ; neut. and fern, 
respectively of stragulus, serving for spreading 
or covering, < sternere, pp. stratus, spread, 
strew: see stratum.'] A covering; a coverlet. 
Prompt. Parr., p. 478. 
Strain 1 (stran), v. [Early mod. E. also strayne; 
< ME. straynen, streinen, streynen, straynyen, < 
form. 
A crooked stick is not straightened unless it be bent as 
far on the clean contrary side. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. 8. 
To straighten the sheer. See sheer3. 
II. intrans. To become straight; assume a 
straight form. 
straighten 2 , v. t. See straiten. 
Straightener (strat'ner), . [< straighten* + 
-er 1 .] One who or that which straightens. 
straightening-block (strat'ning-blok), n. An 
anvil used in straightening buckled saws. E. 
H. Knight. 
straightening-machine(strat'ning-ma-shen'), 
OF. streindre, estraindre, straindre, F. itreindre 
= Pr. estrenher, estreigner = It. strignere, stre- 
gnere, stringere, < L. stringers, pp. strictus, draw 
tight ; akin to Gr. arpayyof, twisted, orpa-yyi&iv, 
press out, Lith. stregti, become stiff, freeze, AS. 
, ? . - . .. . " plCOO UUt, .Ulbu. ot/ cr/lt, UCUUllit; L1U, llCCZit^, ^lf 
n. I* metal-work, any machine for removing l treecan 'stretch, etc.: see stretch, straight 
a twist, bend, buckle, or kmk from rails, rods, ~ - 
plates, straps, tubes, or wire, 
straightfortht (strat 'forth'), adv. [Earlymod. 
E. streight foorth; < straight + /ort/i 1 .] Di- 
rectly; straightway. 
She smote the ground, the which streight foorth did yield 
A fruitfull Olyve tree. Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 325. 
From L. stringere are also ult. E. constrain, dis- 
train, restrain, stringent, straifl, strict, etc.] I. 
trans. If. To draw out; stretch; extend, espe- 
cially with effort or care. 
And if thi vynes footes IV ascende, 
Thenne armes IV is goode forth forto streyne. 
Palladia*, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 70. 
strain 
All their actions, voyces, and gestures, both in chai-jrinK 
and retiring, were so strained to the height of their qnnlit !< 
and nature that the strangenesse thereof made it srcmr 
very delightful!. Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 13ti. 
2f. To draw tight ; tighten ; make taut. 
To th t- pyller, lorde, also, 
With a rope men liowml th'- too, 
Hard druwe and stretjnyd faste. 
Uuly Huod (K. E. T. S.), p. 181. 
Sir Mungo, who watched his victim with the delighted 
yet wary eye of an experienced angler, became now aware 
that, if he strained the line on him too tightly, there was 
every risk of his breaking hold. 
Scott, Fortunes of Nigel, xv. 
3f. To confine ; restrain ; imprison. 
There the steede in stoode strayned in bondes. 
Alisaunder of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.X L 1157. 
4. To stretch to the utmost tension ; put to the 
stretch ; exert: as, to strain every nerve to ac- 
complish something. 
He sweats, 
Straint his young nerves, and puts himself in posture 
That acts my words. Shak., Cymbeline, iii. 3. 94. 
6. To stretch beyond measure ; push beyond 
the proper extent or limit; carry too far. " 
He strained the Constitution, but he conquered the 
Lords. N. A. Rev., CXLII. 693. 
6. To impair, weaken, or injure by stretching 
or overtasking; harm by subjection to too great 
stress or exertion ; hence, to sprain. 
Hold, sir, hold, pray use this whistle for me, 
I dare not straiite my selfe to winde it I, 
The Doctors tell me it will spend my spirits, 
Brome, Sparagus Garden, iv. 7. 
Prudes decay'd about may tack, 
Strain their necks with looking back. Swift. 
7. To force ; constrain. 
Whether that Goddes worthy forwetyng 
Streyneth me nedely for to don a thing. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 422. 
The quality of mercy is not strain'd. 
Shak., M. of V., iv. 1. 184. 
His mirth 
Is forc'd and strain'd. 
Sir J. Denham, The Sophy. (Latham.) 
.8. To urge ; press. 
Note if your lady strain his entertainment 
With any strong or vehement importunity. 
Shak., Othello, iii. 3. 250. 
9. To press ; squeeze ; hence, to hug ; em- 
brace. 
He that nyght in armes wold hire streyne 
Harder than ever Paris did Eleyne. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 509. 
I would have strain'd him with a strict embrace. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., x. 407. 
10. To press through a filter or colander ; sepa- 
rate extraneous or coarser matters from (a li- 
quid) by causing it to pass through a filter or 
colander ; purify from extraneous matter by fil- 
tration; filter: as, to strain milk. 11. To sepa- 
rate or remove by the use of a filter or colander : 
with out. See phrase under v. i., below. 
Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swallow 
the camel. Mat xxiii. 24 [K. V.]. 
12f. To force out by straining. 
I at each sad strain will strain a tear. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1131. 
13. To deform, as a solid body or structure. 
To strain a point. See point*. To strain courtesy, 
to use ceremony ; stand too much upon form or ceremony ; 
insist on the precedence of others ; hang back through ex- 
cess of courtesy or civility. 
My business was great; and in such a case as mine a 
man may strain courtesy. Shak., R. and J., ii. 4. 55. 
Strain not courtesies with a noble enemy. 
Lamb, Two Races of Men. 
= Syn. 10. Bolt, Screen, etc. See sift. 
II. intrans. 1. To exert one's self ; make vio- 
lent efforts; strive. 
To build his fortune I will strain a little. 
Shak., T. of A., i. 1. 143. 
What 
Has made thy life so vile that thon shonldst strain 
To forfeit it to me? J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. IK. 
2. To urge ; press. 
Nay, Sir, indeed the fault is yours most extreamlie now. 
Pray, sir, forbear to strain beyond a wonmns patience. 
Brome, Northern Lass, iii. 3. 
3. To stretch strugglingly ; stretch with effort. 
This parlor looked out on the dark courtyard, in which 
there grew two or three poplars, straining upward to the 
light. Mrs. Gaskett, Sylvia's Lovers, iii. 
No sound, no sight as far as eye could strain. 
Brotcning, Childe Roland. 
4. To undergo distortions under force, as a 
ship in a high sea. 
A ship is said to strain if in launching, or when working 
in a heavy sea, the different parts of it experience relative 
motions. Sir W. Thomson, in Phil. Trans., CXLVI. 4S1. 
The ship ran 
Straining, heeled o'er, through seas all changed and wan. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 10. 
