Found 3 hits - Term: narrow gauge, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
narrow \nar"row\ na^r"r-o, a. compar. narrower
na^r"r-o~er; superl. narrowest. oe. narwe, naru,
as. nearu; akin to os. naru, naro.
1. of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little
distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow
street; a narrow hem.
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hath passed in safety through the narrow seas.
--shak.
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2. of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
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the jews were but a small nation, and confined to a
narrow compass in the world. --bp. wilkins.
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3. having but a little margin; having barely sufficient
space, time, or number, etc.; close; near5; -- with
special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a
narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow
majority. --dryden.
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4. limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow
circumstances.
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5. contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a
narrow mind; narrow views. "a narrow understanding."
--macaulay.
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6. parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
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a very narrow and stinted charity. --smalridge.
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7. scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
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but first with narrow search i must walk round
this garden, and no corner leave unspied. --milton.
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8. phon. formed as a vowel by a close position of some
part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or
according to bell by a tense condition of the pharynx;
-- distinguished from wide; as =e =eve and =oo
f=ood, etc., from i^ i^ll and oo^ foo^t,
etc. see guide to pronunciation, sect13.
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note: narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words,
especially to participles and adjectives, forming
compounds of obvious signification; as,
narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted,
narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed,
narrow-leaved, narrow-pointed, narrow-souled,
narrow-sphered, etc.
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narrow gauge. railroad see note under gauge, n., 6.
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see also:
narrower narrowest narrow gauge gauge
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
narrow gauge
n : a railroad track or its width narrower than the standard
56.5 inches
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
61 moby thesaurus words for "narrow gauge":
angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal,
authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, borne, circumscribed, close,
close-fitting, closed, confined, constricted, cramp, cramped,
creedbound, crowded, deaf, deaf to reason, fanatical, hidebound,
illiberal, incapacious, incommodious, insular, isthmian, isthmic,
limited, little, little-minded, meager, mean, mean-minded,
mean-spirited, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded,
narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, near, nearsighted, parochial,
petty, provincial, purblind, restricted, scant, scanty,
shortsighted, slender, small, small-minded, strait, straitlaced,
stuffy, tight, uncatholic, uncharitable, ungenerous, unliberal
Results 1 - 6 of 6 found about narrow gauge: Gauge
>> G Words
Gauge, definition of term: Gauge
gauge_pag1.html Narrow
>> N Words
Narrow, definition of term: Narrow
narrow_pag1.html Gauge Boson
>> G Words
Gauge Boson, definition of term: Gauge Boson
gauge+boson_pag1.html Narrow Down
>> N Words
Narrow Down, definition of term: Narrow Down
narrow+down_pag1.html Weather Gauge
>> W Words
Weather Gauge, definition of term: Weather Gauge
weather+gauge_pag1.html Rain Gauge
>> R Words
Rain Gauge, definition of term: Rain Gauge
rain+gauge_pag1.html
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