Straighting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straighted}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Straighting}.]
     1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight
        form.
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     2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to
        straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
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     {To straighten one's face}, to cease laughing or smiling,
        etc., and compose one's features.
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