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Muley :: Muley (n.) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) One who, or that which, stretches..

Distention :: Distention (n.) The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) An overstretching of the truth; a lie.

Crane :: Crane (v. t.) To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully..

Ribald :: Ribald (n./) A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow..

Foreside :: Foreside (n.) The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..

Intensive :: Intensive (a.) Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified..

Seediness :: Seediness (n.) The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion..

Wretch :: Wretch (v. t.) A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square..

Stretch :: Stretching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stretc.

Monochord :: Monochord (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them..

Tree :: Tree (v. t.) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3..

Vibration :: Vibration (n.) A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever..

Ream :: Ream (v. t.) To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments..

Dreariness :: Dreariness (n.) Sorrow; wretchedness.

Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To stretch' to extend; to distend.

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