Definition of Straitens

1. Verb. (third-person singular of straiten) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Straitens

1. straiten [v] - See also: straiten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straitens

strainmeters
strainometer
strainometers
strains
straint
straintronics
straints
strait
strait-laced
strait and narrow
straited
straiten
straitened
straitened times
straitening
straitens
straiter
straitest
straiting
straitjacket
straitjacketed
straitjacketing
straitjackets
straitlaced
straitlacedly
straitlacedness
straitly
straitness
straitnesses
straits

Literary usage of Straitens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: the Results of Researches and by Heinrich Schliemann (1880)
"The neck straitens towards the top. The tripod No. ... 252, with the difference that the neck of the latter straitens, while that of No. ..."

2. Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: the Results of Researches and by Heinrich Schliemann (1881)
"joined to the lower one on each side by a row of fish-spine incisions, neck straitens towards the top. The The tripod No. 201 has two handles of a spiral ..."

3. The Annals of the English Bible by Christopher Anderson (1845)
"Mr. Straitens was a far more interesting case. ... The Straitens, for several generations, were equally distinguished for stature and strength, ..."

4. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"The Straitens of ... but they are now decayed, though some Straitens, particularly Straiten of Kirkside, and some of Laurieston, are standing. ..."

5. Memorials of Angus and the Mearns: Being an Account, Historical, Antiquarian by Andrew Jervise (1861)
"After this date, the Straitens of Lauriston appear pretty regularly in the Scots ... v The last appearance of the Straitens in Parliament was in 1663, ..."

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