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Bedkey :: Bedkey (n.) An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.

Hand-tight :: Hand-tight (a.) As tight as can be made by the hand.

Tith :: Tith (a.) Tight; nimble.

Tourniquet :: Tourniquet (n.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.

Desiccator :: Desiccator (n.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box..

Water-tight :: Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky..

Sinch :: Sinch (v. t.) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle..

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

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

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..

Ecraseur :: Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving..

Swaddle :: Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby..

Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..

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..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.

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

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