straicht

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English

Adjective

straicht (comparative straichter, superlative straichtest)

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

Adverb

straicht (comparative straichter, superlative straichtest)

  1. (Scotland) Straight.
    • 1881, Charles Gibbon, The Braes of Yarrow, page 141:
      "Rin, rin, straicht on," shouted the manikin, and the men with a great clatter obeyed him.
    • 1896, John Horne, A Canny Countryside, page 131:
      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."

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