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

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

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

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

Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..

Strein :: Streighten (v. t.) See Straiten.

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..

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

Strait :: Strait (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw..

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..

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

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

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

Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.

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

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

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

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