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

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..

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

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..

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

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..

Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait..

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

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

Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

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

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