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

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..

Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.

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

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

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

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-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..

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

Willywaw :: Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan..

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

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

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..

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-jacket :: Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.

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

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

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

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

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

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