STRAUGHT

Etymology 1

Verb

straught

(obsolete) Alternative form of stretched

Etymology 2

Verb

straught (third-person singular simple present straughts, present participle straughting, simple past and past participle straughted)

(dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To stretch; make straight.

Adjective

straught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)

(Scotland) straight

Etymology 3

Adjective

straught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)

(obsolete) Distraught.

Source: Wiktionary


Straught, obs.

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Stretch.

Straught, v. t.

Definition: To stretch; to make straight. [Written also straucht.] [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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