Pronunciations
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/stɹɔːt/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Verb
To stretch; make straight.
Usage- Scotland
- dialectal
Adjective
straight
Usage- Scotland
Adjective
Insane, mad, distraught.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
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My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree
More examples (1)
Therewith ran Goldry upon the King as one straught of his wits, bellowing as he ran, and gripped him by the right arm with both his hands, one at the wrist and one near the shoulder.