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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..

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

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

Impaction :: Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast..

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

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

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

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

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

Straightness :: Straightly (adv.) A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.

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

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

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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