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Straight-joint
a.
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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.
Straight-joint
a.
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In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.
Straight-lined
a.
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Having straight lines.
Straightly
adv.
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In a right line; not crookedly.
Straightly
adv.
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A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.
Straightness
n.
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The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.
Straightness
n.
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A variant of Straitness.
Straight-out
a.
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Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.
Straight-pight
a.
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Straight in form or upright in position; erect.
Straight-spoken
a.
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Speaking with directness; plain-spoken.
Straightway
adv.
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Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
Straightways
adv.
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Straightway.
Straik
n.
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A strake.
Strain
n.
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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
Strain
n.
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Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
Strain
n.
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Rank; a sort.
Strained
imp. & p. p.
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of Strain
Straining
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Strain
Strain
a.
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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.
Strain
a.
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To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.
Strain
a.
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To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
Strain
a.
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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.
Strain
a.
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To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.
Strain
a.
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To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
Strain
a.
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To squeeze; to press closely.
Strain
a.
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To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
Strain
a.
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To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.
Strain
a.
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To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.
Strain
v. i.
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To make violent efforts.
Strain
v. i.
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To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.