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STRAIGHT, a. [L., formed from the root of reach, stretch, right. It is customary to write straight, for direct or right, and strait, for narrow, but this is a practice wholly arbitrary, both being the same word. Strait we use in the sense in which it is used in the south of Europe. Both sense proceed from stretching, straining.]

1. Right, in a mathematical sense; direct; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; not deviating or crooked; as a straight line; a straight course; a straight piece of timber.

2. Narrow; close; tight; as a straight garment. [See strait, as it is generally written.]

3. Upright; according with justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness.

STRAIGHT, adv. Immediately; directly; in the shortest time.

I know thy generous temper well; fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, it straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze.


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STRAIGHT, a. [L., formed from the root of reach, stretch, right. It is customary to write straight, for direct or right, and strait, for narrow, but this is a practice wholly arbitrary, both being the same word. Strait we use in the sense in which it is used in the south of Europe. Both sense proceed from stretching, straining.]

1. Right, in a mathematical sense; direct; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; not deviating or crooked; as a straight line; a straight course; a straight piece of timber.

2. Narrow; close; tight; as a straight garment. [See strait, as it is generally written.]

3. Upright; according with justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness.

STRAIGHT, adv. Immediately; directly; in the shortest time.

I know thy generous temper well; fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, it straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze.

STRAIGHT, a. [strait; L. strictus, from stringo; Sax. strac; formed from the root of reach, stretch, right, L. rectus, G. recht, Fr. etroit, It. stretto, in which the palatal letter is lost; but the Spanish retains it in estrecho, estrechar. It is lost in the Port. estreito. It is customary to write straight, for direct or right, and strait, for narrow, but this is a practice wholly arbitrary, both being the same word. Strait we use in the sense in which it is used in the South of Europe. Both senses proceed from stretching, straining.]

  1. Right, in a mathematical sense; direct; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line; a straight course; a straight piece of timber.
  2. Narrow; close; tight; as, a straight garment. [See Strait, as it is generally written.]
  3. Upright; according with justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness.

STRAIGHT, adv.

Immediately; directly; in the shortest time. I know thy generous temper well; / Fling but th' appearance of dishonor on it, / It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze. – Addison.


Straight
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
  5. To straighten.

    [R.] A Smith.
  6. 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.
  7. Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
  8. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
  9. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.

    [Slang]
  10. 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.

    [Political Cant, U.S.]

    Straight arch (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a common arch. -- A straight face, one giving no evidence of merriment or other emotion. -- A straight line. "That which lies evenly between its extreme points." Euclid. "The shortest line between two points." Chauvenet. "A line which has the same direction through its whole length." Newcomb. -- Straight- way valve, a valve which, when opened widely, affords a straight passageway, as for water.

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Straight

STRAIGHT, adjective [Latin , formed from the root of reach, stretch, right. It is customary to write straight for direct or right, and strait, for narrow, but this is a practice wholly arbitrary, both being the same word. Strait we use in the sense in which it is used in the south of Europe. Both sense proceed from stretching, straining.]

1. Right, in a mathematical sense; direct; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; not deviating or crooked; as a straight line; a straight course; a straight piece of timber.

2. Narrow; close; tight; as a straight garment. [See strait, as it is generally written.]

3. Upright; according with justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness.

STRAIGHT, adverb Immediately; directly; in the shortest time.

I know thy generous temper well; fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, it straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze.

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