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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

Belt :: Belt (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..

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

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

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