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Straight-out :: Straightness (n.) A variant of Straitness.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

Angust :: Angust (a.) Narrow; strait.

Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances..

Strait-jacket :: Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..

Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.

Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat..

Sound :: Sound (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound..

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..

Strelitz :: Streite (adv.) Narrowly; strictly; straitly.

Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..

Channel :: Channel (n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel..

Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.

Hellespont :: Hellespont (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora..

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Euripus :: Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux..

Fleece :: Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions..

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