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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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