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Strain :: Strain (a.) To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle..

Strait-laced :: Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back..

Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves..

Tentiginous :: Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.

Strait :: Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.

Free :: Free (superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty..

Hog :: Hog (v. i.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form..

Simper :: Simper (n.) A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk..

Straint :: Straining () a. & n. from Strain.

Close :: Close (n.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels..

Tough :: Tough (superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough..

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Unbay :: Unbay (v. t.) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.

Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

Abstentious :: Abstentious (a.) Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.

Moderator :: Moderator (n.) One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies..

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