Precise, over nice, puritanical.
·adj Bound with stays. II. Strait-laced ·adj Restricted; stiff; constrained. III. Strait-laced ·ad...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt Decorated with the fabric lace. II. Laced ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Lace>>. III. Laced ·adj Fastened ...
·adj A variant of Straight. II. Strait ·superl Narrow; not broad. III. Strait ·adv Strictly; rigor...
, or straight. A passage connecting one part of a sea with another; as, the Straits of Gibraltar, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A prostitute. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Replete with lice. The cove's kickseys are silver laced: the fellow's breeches are covered with lice...
·adj Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. ...
·noun A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It h...
·noun ·same·as Strait-jacket. ...
A tight waistcoat, with long sleeves coming over the hand, having strings for binding them behind th...
An arm of the sea running into the land through a narrow entrance channel, as the Gulf of Venice. Th...