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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..

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

Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Down :: Down (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war..

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

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

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

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

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

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