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Webster Dictionary :: Straitness
STRAITNESS, n. 1. Narrowness; as the straitness of a place; straitness of mind; ...
Webster Dictionary :: Straitly
STRAITLY, adv. 1. Narrowly; closely. 2. Strictly; rigorously. [For this, strictl...
Webster Dictionary :: Straiten
STRAITEN, v.t. 1. To make narrow. In narrow circuit, straitend by a foe. 2. To c...
Webster Dictionary :: Strait-waistcoat
STRAIT-WAISTCOAT, STRAIT-JACKET, n. An apparatus to confine the limbs of a distr...
Webster Dictionary :: Strait-laced
STRAIT-LACED, a. [strait and lace.] 1. Griped with stays. We have few well-shape...
Webster Dictionary :: Strait-jacket
STRAIT-WAISTCOAT, STRAIT-JACKET, n. An apparatus to confine the limbs of a distr...
Webster Dictionary :: Strait-handedness
STRAIT-HANDEDNESS, n. Niggardliness; parsimony.
Webster Dictionary :: Strait-handed
STRAIT-HANDED, a. [strait and hand.] Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [Not much...
Webster Dictionary :: Strait
STRAIT, a. [See Straight .] 1. Narrow; close; not broad. Strait is the gate, and...
Webster Dictionary :: Straint
STRAINT, n. A violent stretching or tension. [Not in use.]
Webster Dictionary :: Straining
STRAINING, ppr. Stretching; exerting with violence; making great efforts; filter...
Webster Dictionary :: Strainer
STRAINER, n. That through which any liquid passes for purification; an instrumen...
Webster Dictionary :: Strained
STRAINED, pp. Stretched; violently exerted; filtered.
Webster Dictionary :: Strainable
STRAINABLE, a. Capable of being strained [Not in use.]
Webster Dictionary :: Strain
STRAIN, v.t. [L. This word retains its original signification, to stretch.] 1. T...
Webster Dictionary :: Straiks
STRAIKS, n. Strong plates of iron on the circumference of a cannon wheel over th...
