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strait \strait\, a. compar. straiter; superl. straitest.
oe. straight, streyt, streit, of. estreit, estroit, f.
'etroit, 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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see also:
straiter straitest strait strict
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