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

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

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

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..

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

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

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

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

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

Tightness :: Tightness (n.) The quality or condition of being tight.

Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..

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

Tense :: Tense (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber..

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..

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

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

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

Sinch :: Sinch (v. t.) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle..

Ferrule :: Ferrule (n.) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth..

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