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

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

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc..

Ferrule :: Ferrule (n.) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth..

Desiccator :: Desiccator (n.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture..

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

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

Close-stool :: Close-stool (n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover..

Compartment :: Compartment (n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

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

Hermetically :: Hermetically (adv.) By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure..

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..

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..

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..

Tightened :: Tightened (imp. & p. p.) of Tighte.

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..

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

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

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

Key :: Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

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