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

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Overstraitly :: Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly.

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..

Straitness :: Straitly (adv.) Closely; intimately.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Angust :: Angust (a.) Narrow; strait.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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