Strait(a.) A narrow pass or passage.
Strait(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.
Strait(a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.
Strait(a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
Strait(a.) A variant of Straight.
Strait(adv.) Strictly; rigorously.
Strait(superl.) Narrow; not broad.
Strait(superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.
Strait(superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
Strait(superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
Strait(superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.
Strait(superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
Strait(v. t.) To put to difficulties.
Straitly(adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
Straitly(adv.) Closely; intimately.
Straitness(n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.
Straits(pl. ) of Strait

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