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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Straight  \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.




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