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

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

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

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

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..

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

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.

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

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose..

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

Air-tight :: Air-tight (a.) So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder..

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces..

Hermetically :: Hermetically (adv.) By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure..

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

Tightener :: Tightener (n.) That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley..

Rain-tight :: Rain-tight (a.) So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof..

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

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

Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..

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..

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