An arm of the sea running into the land through a narrow entrance channel, as the Gulf of Venice. The Mediterranean itself is but a vast strait gulf.
·noun That which swallows; the gullet. II. Gulf ·noun A large deposit of ore in a lode. III. Gulf ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, or gulph. A capacious bay, and sometimes taking the name of a sea when it is very extensive; suc...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·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, ...
A branch of the sea, of which the entrance is the widest part, as contradistinguished from the strai...
Is especially referable to that of Mexico, the waters of which flow in a warm stream at various velo...
The Fucus natans, considered to belong to the Gulf Stream, and found floating in the Sargasso Sea in...
·adj Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. ...
·noun A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It h...
·adj Bound with stays. II. Strait-laced ·adj Restricted; stiff; constrained. III. Strait-laced ·ad...
·noun ·same·as Strait-jacket. ...
Precise, over nice, puritanical. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A tight waistcoat, with long sleeves coming over the hand, having strings for binding them behind th...
One which is wide at its entrance, and gradually narrows towards its termination, as that of Califor...
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point. ...