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Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..

Nonextensile :: Nonextensile (a.) Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.

Protend :: Protend (v. t.) To hold out; to stretch forth.

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

Extender :: Extender (n.) One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything..

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

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

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

Portend :: Portend (v. t.) To stretch out before.

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

Porrection :: Porrection (n.) The act of stretching forth.

Racket :: Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

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

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

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope..

Streel :: Streek (v. t.) To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak..

Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..

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

Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail..

Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..

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