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

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

Overwind :: Overwind (v. t.) To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level..

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

Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..

Fist :: Fist (n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..

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

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Handy; adroit; brisk.

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

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot..

Garrot :: Garrot (n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb..

Sticky :: Stick-tight (n.) Beggar's ticks.

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.

Tight :: Tight (v. t.) To tighten.

Gastight :: Gastight (a.) So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.

Windtight :: Windtight (a.) So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind.

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..

Fit :: Fit (n.) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.

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