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Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.

Porrect :: Porrect (a.) Extended horizontally; stretched out.

Pound :: Pound (n.) A level stretch in a canal between locks.

Straught :: Straught () imp. & p. p. of Stretch.

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..

Tenter :: Tenter (v. t.) To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters..

Reach :: Reach (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity..

Phoneidoscope :: Phoneidoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations..

Extendible :: Extendible (a.) Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded..

Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.

Prolate :: Prolate (a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate..

Twang :: Twang (n.) A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring..

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..

Frame :: Frame (n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched.

Bench :: Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings..

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

Tension :: Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain..

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

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