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What does strait mean?

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Adjective
  1. (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
  2. (archaic) Righteous, strict.
  3. (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
  4. (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
  5. (obsolete) Difficult; distressful.
  6. (obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
Noun
  1. (geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
  2. A narrow pass or passage.
  3. A neck of land; an isthmus.
  4. A difficult position (often used in plural).
Verb
  1. (obsolete) To confine; put to difficulties.
Adverb
  1. (obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.
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