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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.

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

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.

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

Tentiginous :: Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.

Laster :: Laster (n.) A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) One who, or that which, stretches..

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..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person..

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..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..

Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.

Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square..

Trend :: Trend (v. i.) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest..

Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

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

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

Boom :: Boom (n.) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away..

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape..

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

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