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Stretch :: Stretch (n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.

Upright :: Upright (a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.

Strain :: Strain (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument..

Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..

Dulcimer :: Dulcimer (n.) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer..

Ambulance :: Ambulance (n.) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps..

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

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A piece of timber used in building.

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

Frame :: Frame (n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.

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

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints..

Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something..

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..

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..

Procrustes :: Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes..

Tension :: Tension (a.) The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx..

Board :: Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

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

Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

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