Word Meanings - STRAIGHTEDGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Metalled
  of Metal
• Metalliform
  Having the form or structure of a metal.
• Metallotherapy
  Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body.
• Piecener
  One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.
• Straight-out
  Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.
• Drawable
  Capable of being drawn.
• STRAIGHTOUT
  Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing. [Colloq. U.S.] Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.
• Drawing knife
  Alt. of Drawknife
• Drawknife
  A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.
• Metaling
  of Metal
• Metalline
  Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties.
• Metallurgic
  Alt. of Metallurgical
• Piecer
  One who pieces; a patcher.
• Straight-pight
  Straight in form or upright in position; erect.
• Drawback
  A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
• STRAIGHTPIGHT
  Straight in form or upright in position; erect. [Obs.] Shak.
• Drawing-room
  A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
• Haveless
  Having little or nothing.

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