Definition of strait

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

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Overstraitly :: Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly.
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.) Tight; close; closely fitting.
Straitly :: Strait-laced (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Willywaw :: Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan..
Tighten :: Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
Angustation :: Angustation (n.) The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
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..
Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..
Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten..
Angust :: Angust (a.) Narrow; strait.
Press :: Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..
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..
Straitly :: Straitly (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
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..
Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.
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