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Square :: Square (n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work..

Course :: Course (n.) Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race..

Broach :: Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift..

Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever..

Rightly :: Rightly (adv.) Straightly; directly; in front.

Charpie :: Charpie (n.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.

Rocketer :: Rocketer (n.) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket..

Directly :: Directly (adv.) In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means..

Straight :: Straight (a.) A variant of Strait, a..

Straight-joint :: Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.

Level :: Level (a.) Straightforward; direct; clear; open.

Rectirostral :: Rectirostral (a.) Having a straight beak.

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

Extensor :: Extensor (n.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor..

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix..

Rectifiable :: Rectifiable (a.) Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l//e equal in length to any definite portion of the curve..

Rectification :: Rectification (n.) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.

Boning :: Boning (n.) A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t..

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight..

Helicoid :: Helicoid (n.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it..

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