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

Press :: Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..

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..

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

Strait :: Strait (a.) A narrow pass or passage.

Streighten :: Streight (a., n., & adv.) See 2nd Strait..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

Fleece :: Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions..

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.

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

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