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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..

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..

Strelitz :: Streite (adv.) Narrowly; strictly; straitly.

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

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

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

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

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

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

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..

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..

Bosporus :: Bosporus (n.) A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof..

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

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

Tighten :: Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

Strake :: Strait-waistcoat (n.) Same as Strait-jacket.

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

Straits :: Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.

Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.

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