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Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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 (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits..

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..

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