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

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

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

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..

Woolder :: Woolder (n.) A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.

Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together..

Tourniquet :: Tourniquet (n.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.

Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc..

Swiftfoot :: Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer..

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..

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

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

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..

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

Nut :: Nut (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt..

Tightened :: Tightened (imp. & p. p.) of Tighte.

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

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

Tightening :: Tightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tighte.

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