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Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship..

Loose :: Loose (superl.) Not tight or close; as, a loose garment..

Packing :: Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc..

Tightly :: Tightly (adv.) In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.

Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..

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

Air-tight :: Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.

Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..

Plug :: Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Tightness :: Tightness (n.) The quality or condition of being tight.

Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings..

Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon..

Autoclave :: Autoclave (n.) A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.

Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..

Tightening :: Tightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tighte.

Calking :: Calking (n.) The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing..

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