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

Impaction :: Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

Straitly :: Strait-laced (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.

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

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