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Stint :: Stint (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

Retch :: Retch (v. i.) To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting..

Thermotension :: Thermotension (n.) A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted..

Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..

Distrainer :: Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.

Curbless :: Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.

Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..

Runaway :: Runaway (a.) Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse..

Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine..

Counterbrace :: Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.

Gavot :: Gavot (n.) A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice..

Wanton :: Wanton (n.) One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.

Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

Obedient :: Obedient (a.) Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command..

Bond :: Bond (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint..

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