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straight⋅edge

[streyt-ej]
–noun
a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.

Origin:
1805–15; straight + edge

straight-edge

[streyt-ej]
–adjective
advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
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straight·edge   (strāt'ěj')   
n.  A rigid flat rectangular bar, as of wood or metal, with a straight edge for testing or drawing straight lines.
straight'edged' adj.
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