straighting

Verb

straight (third-person singular simple present straights, present participle straighting, simple past and past participle straighted)

1. (transitive) To straighten.
   • One man draws out the wire , another straights it , a third cuts it , a fourth points it , a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

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