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Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

Camptight :: Camptight (n.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

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

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

Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..

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

Garrote :: Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted..

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

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

Cofferdam :: Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc..

Untighten :: Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.

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

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..

Hermetical :: Hermetical (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically..

Highty-tighty :: Highty-tighty (a.) Hoity-toity.

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..

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

Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..

Well :: Well (v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market..

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

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