Definition of strait

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

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Overstraitly :: Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly.
Narrow :: Narrow (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor..
Strait :: Strait (a.) A variant of Straight.
Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat..
Straitly :: Straitly (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
Press :: Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.
Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.
Strait :: Strait (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw..
Debouchure :: Debouchure (n.) The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait..
Strait-jacket :: Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.
Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.
Hellespont :: Hellespont (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora..
Straiten :: Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straite.
Strein :: Streighten (v. t.) See Straiten.
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
Tighten :: Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.
Straitened :: Strait (v. t.) To put to difficulties.
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