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A variant of Strait, a. [Obs. or R.] Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow. Sir J. Mandeville.

Having straight joints. Specifically:

Having straight lines.

concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing. [Colloq. U.S.] Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.

Straight in form or upright in position; erect. [Obs.] Shak.

Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. [Colloq. U.S.] Lowell.

A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines.

To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

One who, or that which, straightens.

Straightway. [Obs.]

Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank. -- adv.

An orthoceras.

A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.

The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

without delay. He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose. Mark v. 41,42.

Straightway. [Obs.]

Having straight projecting spines.

a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

To go up; to ascend. [Obs.] So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser.