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Straitly :: Straitly (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.

Strake :: Strait-waistcoat (n.) Same as Strait-jacket.

Angust :: Angust (a.) Narrow; strait.

Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat..

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..

Channel :: Channel (n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel..

Fleece :: Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions..

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

Press :: Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..

Narrow :: Narrow (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor..

Strelitz :: Streite (adv.) Narrowly; strictly; straitly.

Willywaw :: Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan..

Impaction :: Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast..

Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

Strait-laced :: Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back..

Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.

Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..

Straight :: Straight (a.) A variant of Strait, a..

Straitened :: Strait (v. t.) To put to difficulties.

Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.

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