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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Angust :: Angust (a.) Narrow; strait.

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

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

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

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..

Bosporus :: Bosporus (n.) A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof..

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..

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

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

Channel :: Channel (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels..

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

Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat..

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