Breastrail :: Breastrail (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc..

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

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To violate; to ravish.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice..

Constrainable :: Constrainable (a.) Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint..

Constrained :: Constrained (imp. & p. p.) of Constrai.

Constrained :: Constrained (a.) Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone..

Constrainedly :: Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.

Constrainer :: Constrainer (n.) One who constrains.

Constraining :: Constraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constrai.

Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

Constraintive :: Constraintive (a.) Constraining; compulsory.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To rend; to tear.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement..

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels..

Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.

Distrainable :: Distrainable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained..

Distrained :: Distrained (imp. & p. p.) of Distrai.

Distrainer :: Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.

Distraining :: Distraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distrai.

Distrainor :: Distrainor (n.) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

Distraint :: Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Half-strained :: Half-strained (a.) Half-bred; imperfect.

Mistrain :: Mistrain (v. t.) To train amiss.

Overstrain :: Overstrain (v. i.) To strain one's self to excess.

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