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Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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