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

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

Tight :: Tight (v. t.) To tighten.

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

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

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

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

Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves..

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.

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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