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Straitening
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Straiten
Straiten
v. t.
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To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
Straiten
v. t.
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To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
Straiten
v. t.
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To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
Strait-handed
a.
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Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.
Strait-jacket
n.
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A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.
Strait-laced
a.
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Bound with stays.
Strait-laced
a.
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Restricted; stiff; constrained.
Strait-laced
a.
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Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
Straitly
adv.
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In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
Straitly
adv.
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Closely; intimately.
Straitness
n.
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The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.
Strait-waistcoat
n.
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Same as Strait-jacket.
Strake
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imp. of Strike.
Strake
n.
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A streak.
Strake
n.
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An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces.
Strake
n.
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One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak.
Strake
n.
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A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
Strale
n.
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Pupil of the eye.
Stram
v. t.
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To spring or recoil with violence.
Stram
v. t.
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To dash down; to beat.
Stramash
v. t.
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To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.
Stramash
n.
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A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.
Stramazoun
n.
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A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword.
Stramineous
a.
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Strawy; consisting of straw.
Stramineous
a.
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Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored.
Stramonium
n.
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A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.
Stramony
n.
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Stramonium.
Strand
n.
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One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
Strand
v. t.
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To break a strand of (a rope).