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Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.

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

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

Sound :: Sound (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound..

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

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

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..

Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..

Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.

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

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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