- (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
- (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait or straits, of Mackinaw.
- (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
- (a.) A narrow pass or passage.
- (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
- (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
- (superl.) Narrow; not broad.
- (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.
- (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.
- (a.) A variant of Straight.
- (v.t.) To put to difficulties.
- (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.
- (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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