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Gemsbok :: Gemsbok (n.) A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns..

Straightness :: Straightness (n.) The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path..

Ballotade :: Ballotade (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out..

Plucker :: Plucker (n.) A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

Curve :: Curve (a.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line..

Asquint :: Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint..

Right :: Right (adv.) In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide..

Rectinerved :: Rectinerved (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.

Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.

Half-ray :: Half-ray (n.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions..

Orthostade :: Orthostade (n.) A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds..

Straw :: Straught (v. t.) To stretch; to make straight.

Rocket :: Rocket (v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

Anon :: Anon (adv.) Straightway; at once.

Spired :: Spire (n.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n..

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..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

Broom :: Broom (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers..

Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

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