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Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment..

Tightly :: Tightly (adv.) In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

Well :: Well (v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market..

Tight :: Tight () of Ti.

Calking :: Calking (n.) The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing..

Intense :: Intense (a.) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought..

Ecraseur :: Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows..

Tight :: Tight () p. p. of Tie.

Garrote :: Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted..

Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon..

Air-tight :: Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.

Windtight :: Windtight (a.) So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind.

Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth..

Chest :: Chest (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..

Tightness :: Tightness (n.) The quality or condition of being tight.

Tightener :: Tightener (n.) That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley..

Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship..

Tithly :: Tithly (a.) Tightly; nimbly.

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