straicht

straicht

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."

Anagrams

• Chartist, chartist