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straightener|ˈstreɪt(ə)nə(r)| [f. straighten v. + -er1.] One who or something which straightens.
1611Cotgr., Dresseur, a straightener, directer, leueller. 1832H. Martineau Hill & Valley iv. (1833) 61 They saw..the straighteners who straighten the bars when they are hot, and mark them with the stamp of the works where they are made. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2414/2 Fig. 5940 is a railway-rail straightener. |