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Cofferdam :: Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc..

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..

Fit :: Fit (n.) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.

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

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..

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..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To close tightly; to clinch.

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..

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

Tighter :: Tighter (n.) A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.

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

Rain-tight :: Rain-tight (a.) So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof..

Untighten :: Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.

Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..

Fleshings :: Fleshings (n. pl.) Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers..

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight..

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..

Sticky :: Stick-tight (n.) Beggar's ticks.

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

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

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