straight —
“Make her grave,”
HAMLET, v. 1. 4.
Here straight, which Johnson erroneously
explains“from east to west in a direct line parallel to the
church,” means merely “straightway, immediately.”
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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