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(1):

(superl.) Narrow; not broad.

(2):

(a.) A variant of Straight.

(3):

(superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

(4):

(superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.

(5):

(superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

(6):

(superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.

(7):

(superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

(8):

(adv.) Strictly; rigorously.

(9):

(a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; - sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.

(10):

(a.) A narrow pass or passage.

(11):

(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.

(12):

(a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.

(13):

(v. t.) To put to difficulties.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Strait'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/strait.html. 1828.
 
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