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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. Straiter; superl. Straitest.]
[OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F.
['e]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p.
p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd Strait, and cf.
Strict.]
1. Narrow; not broad.
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Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
--Matt. vii.
14.
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Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson.
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2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak.
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3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] ``A strait degree
of favor.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
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4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
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Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak.
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The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5
(Rev. Ver.).
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5. Difficult; distressful; straited.
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To make your strait circumstances yet straiter.
--Secker.
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6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.]
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I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait,
And so ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. Straiter; superl. Straitest.]
[OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F.
['e]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p.
p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd Strait, and cf.
Strict.]
1. Narrow; not broad.
Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
--Matt. vii.
14.
Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson.
2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak.
3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] ``A strait degree
of favor.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak.
The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5
(Rev. Ver.).
5. Difficult; distressful; straited.
To make your strait circumstances yet straiter.
--Secker.
6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.]
I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait, And so
ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
straiter
a.
(en-comparative of: strait)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
straiter
a.
(en-comparative of: strait)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
straiter
a.
(en-comparative of: strait)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
straiter
a.
(en-comparative of: strait)
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