Strait

·adj A variant of Straight.

II. Strait ·superl Narrow; not broad.

III. Strait ·adv Strictly; rigorously.

IV. Strait ·adj A narrow pass or passage.

V. Strait ·vt To put to difficulties.

VI. Strait ·superl Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

VII. Strait ·superl Tight; close; closely fitting.

VIII. Strait ·superl Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

IX. Strait ·superl Close; intimate; near; familiar.

X. Strait ·superl Difficult; distressful; straited.

XI. Strait ·adj A neck of land; an Isthmus.

XII. Strait ·adj Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity;

— sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.

XIII. Strait ·adj 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.