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Tight
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; - applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
(2):
p. p. of Tie.
(3):
(superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; - said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
(4):
(superl.) Handy; adroit; brisk.
(5):
(superl.) Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
(6):
(superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
(7):
(superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; - often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
(8):
(v. t.) To tighten.
(9):
(superl.) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
(10):
(superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
(11):
(superl.) Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
(12):
of Tie
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tight'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tight.html. 1828.
