Definition of narrow

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Narrow (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority..

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Provincialism :: Provincialism (n.) A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality..
Diffraction :: Diffraction (n.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars..
Bandeau :: Bandeau (n.) A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.
Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition..
Defile :: Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc..
Welt :: Welt (n.) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole..
Slit :: Slit (n.) A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear..
Comforter :: Comforter (n.) A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow..
Plait :: Plait (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle..
Coarctation :: Coarctation (n.) A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice..
Angustate :: Angustate (a.) Narrowed.
Pen :: Pen (n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose..
Biflagellate :: Biflagellate (a.) Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages..
Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances..
Slot :: Slot (n.) A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it..
Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.
Scaphocephaly :: Scaphocephaly (n.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped..
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..
Balistraria :: Balistraria (n.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged..
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