straight

v. t. To straighten. [ R. ] A Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. A variant of Strait, a. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow. Sir J. Mandeville. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Straighter superl. Straightest. ] [ OE. strei&unr_;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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the crooked shall be made straight. Isa. xl. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but there is only one which is straight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. “Floating straight.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know thy generous temper well;
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything was going on straight. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Straighted p. pr. & vb. n. Straighting. ] 1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account. [ 1913 Webster ]

To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. A variant of Straiten. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, straightens. [ 1913 Webster ]