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Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves..

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..

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

Brace :: Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

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..

Garrot :: Garrot (n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb..

Swiftfoot :: Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer..

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..

Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.

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

Tightening :: Tightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tighte.

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7..

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces..

Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten..

Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

Highty-tighty :: Highty-tighty (a.) Hoity-toity.

Tith :: Tith (a.) Tight; nimble.

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