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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..

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

Straight-out :: Straightness (n.) A variant of Straitness.

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten..

Strait :: Strait (a.) A narrow pass or passage.

Belt :: Belt (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea..

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

Debouchure :: Debouchure (n.) The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait..

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

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

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..

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..

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

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

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

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

Straitening :: Straitened (imp. & p. p.) of Straite.

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

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

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