Straight-joint

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• Straight

  ·adj A variant of Strait, ·adj. II. Straight ·vt To <<Straighten>>. III. Straight ·superl Unmixed;...

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• joint

  To hit a joint in carving, the operator must think of a cuckold. To put one's nose out of joint; to ...

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• joint

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• Butt joint

  ·- A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlap...

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• Butting joint

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• Hooke's joint

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• Joint-fir

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• Straight-lined

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• Straight-out

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• Straight-pight

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• Straight-spoken

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• Water joint

  ·- A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of...

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• straight of breadth

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• London Joint Stock Bank

  1) On the west side of Princes Street at No. 5 (Head Office) (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward....

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• Straight Frying Pan Alley

  In Great Wood Street (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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• straight as a loon's leg

  is a common simile in New England. They were puzzled with the accounts; but I saw through it in a m...

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