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31strait — sąsiauris statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Siauras vandens ruožas tarp žemynų, salų arba tarp žemyno ir salos, jungiantis gretimus vandenynus, jūras ir kitus vandens telkinius. atitikmenys: angl. channel; sound; strait vok.… …
32strait — [12] Strait was originally an adjective and adverb, meaning ‘narrow’ or ‘tight’. It reached English via Old French estreit ‘narrow, tight’ from Latin strictus (source of English strict). Its use as a noun, ‘narrow waterway’, emerged in the 14th… …
33strait — n. & adj. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies of water. 2 (usu. in pl.) difficulty, trouble, or distress (usu. in dire or desperate straits). adj. archaic 1 narrow, limited; confined or confining.… …
34Strait Country — Studio album by George Strait Released September 4, 1981 Genre …
35Strait Jacket — ストレイト・ジャケット (Sutoreito Jaketto) Género Acción, horror, Ciencia ficción Novela ligera Creado por Ichirō Sakaki (autor) Yō Fujishiro (ilustra …
36Strait Regional School Board — is a Canadian school board operating 26 schools in eastern Nova Scotia s counties of Richmond, Antigonish, Inverness, and Guysborough.The school board has a student population of 8,960 and it employs 618 teachers and 456 support staff. The annual …
37strait-jacket — (n.) also straitjacket, 1814, from STRAIT (Cf. strait) + JACKET (Cf. jacket); earlier in same sense was strait waistcoat (1753) …
38strait´-laced´ness — strait laced «STRAYT LAYST», adjective. 1. very strict in matters of conduct; prudish: »I m not strait laced, but I tell you we got to have decent women in our schools (Sinclair Lewis). SYNONYM(S): stiff, formal. 2. Archaic. a) tightly laced. b) …
39strait´-laced´ly — strait laced «STRAYT LAYST», adjective. 1. very strict in matters of conduct; prudish: »I m not strait laced, but I tell you we got to have decent women in our schools (Sinclair Lewis). SYNONYM(S): stiff, formal. 2. Archaic. a) tightly laced. b) …
40Strait-handed — Strait hand ed, a. Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] {Strait hand ed*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
