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Straight
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
(2):
(a.) A variant of Strait, a.
(3):
(superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
(4):
(superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
(5):
(superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
(6):
(superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
(7):
(superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
(8):
(adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
(9):
(n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
(10):
(v. t.) To straighten.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Straight'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/straight.html. 1828.
