straught

/stɹɔːt/

Etymology

From Scots straucht (“stretched, stretched out”). Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”).

adj

  1. straight
  2. Insane, mad, distraught.“My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree”

verb

  1. To stretch; make straight.