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Rapier :: Rapier (n.) A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting..

Liner :: Liner (n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground..

Aside :: Aside (adv.) On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart..

Axis :: Axis (n.) A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged..

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..

Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks..

Straightness :: Straightness (n.) The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path..

Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.

Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

Linkage :: Linkage (n.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane..

Ruler :: Ruler (n.) A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a)..

Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.

Beam :: Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

Straightly :: Straight-lined (a.) Having straight lines.

Right-running :: Right-running (a.) Straight; direct.

Directness :: Directness (n.) The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

Straightness :: Straightly (adv.) A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.

Dog-legged :: dog-legged (a.) Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole..

Axis :: Axis (n.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center..

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

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