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

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..

Straiten :: Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straite.

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Hellespont :: Hellespont (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora..

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

Sound :: Sound (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound..

Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait..

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.

Overstraitly :: Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly.

Streighten :: Streight (a., n., & adv.) See 2nd Strait..

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.

Strait-jacket :: Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.

Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.

Euripus :: Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux..

Angustation :: Angustation (n.) The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.

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..

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight..

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

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

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