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

Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight..

Tights :: Tights (n. pl.) Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs..

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

Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

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

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

Dovetail :: Dovetail (n.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one..

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

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

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