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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..

Hellespont :: Hellespont (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora..

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

Strait-laced :: Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back..

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

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

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..

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..

Strelitz :: Streite (adv.) Narrowly; strictly; straitly.

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.

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