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

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..

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..

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

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

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..

Channel :: Channel (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels..

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

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

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

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..

Willywaw :: Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan..

Strait :: Strait (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.

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..

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

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

Strait :: Strait (a.) A variant of Straight.

Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.

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..

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