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StraightStraight Straight, a.
A variant of Strait, a. [Obs. or R.]
Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to
say, narrow. --Sir J.
Mandeville. StraightStraight Straight, a. [Compar. Straighter; superl.
Straightest.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to
stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend.
See Stretch.]
1. 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.
And the crooked shall be made straight. --Isa. xl.
4.
There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but
there is only one which is straight. --Dryden.
2. (Bot.) 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.
3. (Card Playing) Composed of cards which constitute a
regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and
ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush. Straight
Straight Straight, adv.
In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith;
immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
``Floating straight.' --Shak.
I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the
appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire,
and mounts into a blaze. --Addison.
Everything was going on straight. --W. Black.
Straight
Straight Straight, n. (Poker)
A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a
sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight
flush.
Straight
Straight Straight, v. t.
To straighten. [R.] --A Smith.
Meaning of Straight from wikipedia
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Straight may
refer to:
Straight,
slang for hetero****ual
Straight-acting,
normal person Straight, a member...
- The
Straight Story is a 1999
biographical road
drama film
directed by
David Lynch. It was
edited and
produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's
longtime partner...
-
Straight edge (sometimes
abbreviated as sXe or
signified by **** or
simply X) is a
subculture of
hardcore punk
whose adherents refrain from
using alcohol...
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Straight A's is a 2013
American romantic comedy film
directed by
James Cox,
produced by
Jamie Adamic, and
starring Anna Paquin, Ryan
Phillippe and Luke...
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Alvin Boone Straight (October 17, 1920 –
November 9, 1996) was an
American man who
travelled 240
miles (390 km) on a
riding lawn
mower from Laurens, Iowa...
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Straight Ahead may
refer to:
Straight-ahead jazz, a jazz
music style Straight ahead animation, a
method of
animation Straight Ahead (Abbey
Lincoln album)...
- "Super
Straight" (also
styled as Superstraight) is a song by
Australian rock band Regurgitator. The song was
released in
October 2001 as the
second single...
- The
straight man (or
straight woman in the case of
female characters), also
known as a "comedic foil", is a
stock character in a
comedy performance, especially...
- ace-to-six low rules, or
under high
rules as part of a five-high
straight or
straight flush.
Suits are not ranked, so
hands that
differ by suit
alone are...
- A
straight-four
engine (also
referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder
piston engine where cylinders are
arranged in a line
along a common...
