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Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

Tighten :: Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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

Fata Morgana :: Fata Morgana () A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily..

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight..

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten..

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

Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

Streighten :: Streight (a., n., & adv.) See 2nd Strait..

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

Strake :: Strait-waistcoat (n.) Same as Strait-jacket.

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..

Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait..

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..

Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.

Down :: Down (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war..

Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..

Straitly :: Strait-laced (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.

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