Defn: Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. [Colloq. U.S.] Lowell.
STRAIGHTWAY
Straight"way`, adv.
Defn: Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi. . .
. And straightway the damsel arose. Mark v. 41,42.
STRAIGHTWAYS
Straight"ways`, adv.
Defn: Straightway. [Obs.]
STRAIK
Straik, n.
Defn: A strake.
STRAIN
Strain, n. Etym: [See Strene.]
1. Race; stock; generation; descent; family. He is of a noble strain. Shak. With animals and plants a cross between different varieties, or between individuals of the same variety but of another strain, gives vigor and fertility to the offspring. Darwin.
2. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition. Intemperance and lust breed diseases, which, propogated, spoil the strain of nation. Tillotson.