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

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

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

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

Hellespont :: Hellespont (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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