adj
(obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
adj
(dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
adj
(archaic) cramped; narrow
v
(rare, literary) Constrain; bring into straits.
n
(obsolete) A strait or channel of the sea.
n
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia.
n
(chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
adj
(obsolete) astringent; styptic
adj
Abbreviation of strict. [Strained; drawn close; tight.]
adj
(rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
adj
(archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
n
Synonym of straight and narrow
v
To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
n
Periods of austerity or economic slowdown.
n
(figuratively) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
adj
Confined in a straitwaistcoat; straitjacketed.
v
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To stretch; make straight.
n
Obsolete spelling of strait [(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.]
v
Archaic spelling of straiten. [To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.]
adj
(obsolete) close; narrow; strict
n
(obsolete) A stroke; a glance; a touch.
n
(UK, dialect, dated) A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
adj
Obsolete spelling of strict [Strained; drawn close; tight.]
adj
Obsolete form of stricter.
adj
(nautical, of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.
n
(Newfoundland) A narrow strait.
adj
(slang, British (regional)) Mean; unfair; unkind.
adj
Alternative form of tight-assed [(informal, derogatory) Rigidly maintaining self-control; restricting oneself to generally accepted rules and behaviours.]
adj
Synonym of strait-laced
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