Definition of direct

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Direct (a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line..

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Chamberlain :: Chamberlain (n.) An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court..
Directorial :: Directorial (a.) Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive..
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A grooved director for a probe or knife.
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open..
Mobile :: Mobile (a.) Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle..
Preceding :: Preceding (a.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2..
Bypath :: Bypath (n.) A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.
Labyrinth :: Labyrinth (n.) A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal..
Head :: Head (v. i.) To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?.
Southwest :: Southwest (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind..
Zeugma :: Zeugma (n.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, hic illius arma, hic currus fuit; where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma..
Translation :: Translation (n.) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
Dog-legged :: dog-legged (a.) Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole..
Fissile :: Fissile (a.) Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals..
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target..
Countertrippant :: Countertrippant (a.) Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.
Thermotension :: Thermotension (n.) A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..
Work :: Work (n.) Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physically labor..
Broil :: Broil (v. t.) To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
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