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Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Tights :: Tights (n. pl.) Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs..

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

Loosen :: Loosen (v. i.) To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact..

Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving..

Water-tight :: Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky..

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..

Bedkey :: Bedkey (n.) An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.

Nut :: Nut (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt..

Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..

Tense :: Tense (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber..

Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..

Hermetical :: Hermetical (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Handy; adroit; brisk.

Tight :: Tight (v. t.) To tighten.

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

Camptight :: Camptight (n.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

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

Air-tight :: Air-tight (a.) So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder..

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