Definition of narrow

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Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..

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Bow-saw :: Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..
Protrude :: Protrude (v. t.) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth..
Hellespont :: Hellespont (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora..
Compress :: Compress (v. t.) To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water..
Panton :: Panton (n.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel..
Footpath :: Footpath (n.) A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
Contracted :: Contracted (a.) Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views..
Crib :: Crib (v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations..
Fossulate :: Fossulate (a.) Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows..
Coarctation :: Coarctation (n.) A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice..
Slashed :: Slashed (a.) Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.
Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances..
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory..
Band :: Band (v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it..
Funambulatory :: Funambulatory (a.) Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer..
Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column..
Bigotry :: Bigotry (n.) The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them..
Fricative :: Fricative (a.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc..
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