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STRAITEN,
1. To make narrow.
In narrow circuit, straitend by a foe.
2. To contract to confine as, to straiten the British commerce.
3. To make tense or tight as, to straiten a cord.
4. To distress to perplex to press with poverty or other necessity as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
5. To press by want of sufficient room.
Waters when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Straiten'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/straiten.html.
Entry for 'Straiten'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/straiten.html.
