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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..

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

Euripus :: Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux..

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

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..

Fleece :: Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions..

Down :: Down (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war..

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

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

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

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

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

Strein :: Streighten (v. t.) See Straiten.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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