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Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

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

Angust :: Angust (a.) Narrow; 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..

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

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

Strait :: Strait (a.) A narrow pass or passage.

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..

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

Press :: Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..

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..

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

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

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..

Angustation :: Angustation (n.) The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.

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

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..

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