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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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