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Straiten :: Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straite.

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

Straitness :: Straitly (adv.) Closely; intimately.

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

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

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

Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

Debouchure :: Debouchure (n.) The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait..

Strait :: Strait (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits..

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..

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

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

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

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..

Straitened :: Strait (v. t.) To put to difficulties.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.

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..

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

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..

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

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