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

Kettledrum :: Kettledrum (n.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it..

Temple :: Temple (n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Frame :: Frame (n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc..

Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like..

Ringhead :: Ringhead (n.) An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

Stretcher :: Stretch (n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal..

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..

Streak :: Streak (v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body..

Astride :: Astride (adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle..

Tympanize :: Tympanize (v. t.) To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts..

Shampoo :: Shampoo (v. t.) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A piece of timber used in building.

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

Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river..

Kayak :: Kayak (n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes..

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

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