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▪ I. straightening, vbl. n.|ˈstreɪt(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. straighten v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb, in various senses. Also with out.
1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 274 The Space is taken up by the straightning of the Roof. 1839Ure Dict. Arts, etc. 881 Whereby he effects..the straightening of the wires [for needles]. 1860J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert i, Bearing the doctor in his gig, and stopping here and there at the houses of his patients without the straightening of a rein. 1884Manch. Exam. 29 Sept. 5/3 Their project contemplates the deepening, widening, and straightening of the rivers Mersey and Irwell. 1892Labour Commission Gloss., Straightening, putting rails under the press to straighten them when they have become bent in cooling. 1900‘Mark Twain’ in McClure's Mag. XIV. 287/1 With this straightening-out and classification of the dreamer's position to help us, perhaps we can put ourselves in his place. 1916Med. Press & Circular 10 May 421/2 Nothing can be more reprehensible than the repeated straightening of the uterus by means of the uterine sound. 1978S. Brill Teamsters vi. 226 She went to a friend of Arnie's who she thought was straight..and asked him to talk to Arnie for her about straightening out.
b. attrib.
1688Holme Armoury iii. 387/1 Instruments of the Needle⁓makers:..a Streightning file. Ibid. 388/2 Tools in much use with the Horn-maker;..the Streightning-Tongs. 1869Rankine Machine & Hand-tools Pl. P 6. 4 The action of the straightening mandrel. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Straightening Block, the anvil on which buckled saws are straightened.
▪ II. straightening, ppl. a.|ˈstreɪt(ə)nɪŋ|
[-ing2.]
1850W. C. Bennett Poems, Baby May 15 Clutching fingers; straightening jerks. 1894Outing XXIV. 440/1 An ear that is jarred by the twang of a straightening blade of grass. |