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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..

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

Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges..

Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..

Gastight :: Gastight (a.) So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.

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

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

Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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..

Fist :: Fist (n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first..

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

Swaddle :: Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

Dovetail :: Dovetail (n.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one..

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

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

Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

Overwind :: Overwind (v. t.) To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum..

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