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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..

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

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

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

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

Straitly :: Straitly (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.

Straitening :: Straitened (imp. & p. p.) of Straite.

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..

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..

Overstraitly :: Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly.

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

Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..

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

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

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

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

Narrow :: Narrow (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor..

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

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

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