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Definition of strait

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Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.

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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 :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

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

Strait :: Strait (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.

Fata Morgana :: Fata Morgana () A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.

Straitness :: Straitly (adv.) Closely; intimately.

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

Straitly :: Strait-laced (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.

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

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..

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

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..