Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old spelling of
straight . - noun Old spellings of strait, straiten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete See 2nd
strait .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete spelling of
strait . - adjective Obsolete spelling of
straight .
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Examples
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And in streight Bonds their Friends and Kindred noose:
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Rider's Bay on the south shore of the streight, which is here about two miles wide.
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What might be a streight forward economics, it was a revelation to me that Social Security is no better and no worse economically after being privatized.
Forced Savings vs. Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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What might be a streight forward economics, it was a revelation to me that Social Security is no better and no worse economically after being privatized.
Forced Savings vs. Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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What might be a streight forward economics, it was a revelation to me that Social Security is no better and no worse economically after being privatized.
Social Security Arithmetic, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And unlike George Lucas who can't hold a streight story anymore and is just playing with new toys like a 4 year old, Cameron is not about the toys: the toys are there just to support the story.
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Plus the few times I can go to bars, it tends to be streight bars; however, I should check in with a few old freinds.
Gender Policing Permitted at Chicago Gay Bar « Gender Across Borders 2009
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Confident of all my poor Heart was able to conceive; for he was dear to me, not only as a Brother, but a Friend; fraternal Love and Friendship were united in him, and those Bonds drawn streight by Choice and
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Confident of all my poor Heart was able to conceive; for he was dear to me, not only as a Brother, but a Friend; fraternal Love and Friendship were united in him, and those Bonds drawn streight by Choice and
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All the fiddeling with what should be a real streight forward prossess is most unseemly, esspecialy in light of recent voting scandle laden selections.
misterpolly commented on the word streight
I'll come straight out with it - so you can correct me. This isn't strait as in the strait and narrow, is it?
I'm in dire straits - please let me know.
December 18, 2007