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straicht

straicht adjective: straight.

Adjective

straicht (comparative straichter, superlative straichtest)

  1. (Scotland) Straight.
    • As Leddy Macbeth! Her gran' high straicht-nosed face, whiter than ashes!1827, Noctes Ambrosianæ, No. XXXII, Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 21, page 481
    • "[…]A'll gang the straicht wye doon i' the lichts. A'll be a' richt.”2010, Jean Duthie, Out of the Farlans, page 126

Adverb

straicht (comparative straichter, superlative straichtest)

  1. (Scotland) Straight.
    • "Rin, rin, straicht on," shouted the manikin, and the men with a great clatter obeyed him.1881, Charles Gibbon, The Braes of Yarrow, page 141
    • Willie Simpson whispered to him — "Fan ye run, go straicht till ma hoose. There's a bottle o' the best Glenlivet an' anither o' port wine waitin' us for a 'burst' efter 'e fun's by."1896, John Horne, A Canny Countryside, page 131

Forms of straicht

Adjective
comparativestraichter
superlativestraichtest
Adverb
comparativestraichter
superlativestraichtest

Questions about straicht

What does straicht mean?
Straicht means straight.
What part of speech is straicht?
Straicht can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near straicht in the dictionary

  1. strahlstein
  2. strahlsteins
  3. Strahm
  4. Strahms
  5. Strahoninec
  6. straicht
  7. straichter
  8. straichtest
  9. straight
  10. straight A
  11. straight A's

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