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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..

Tithly :: Tithly (a.) Tightly; nimbly.

Key :: Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

Brace :: Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

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

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

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment..

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

Intense :: Intense (a.) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought..

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

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

Fleshings :: Fleshings (n. pl.) Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers..

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

Compartment :: Compartment (n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

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

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..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..

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

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

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