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A narrow pass or passage. He brought him through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. Spenser. Honor travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast. Shak.

e or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.

have] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage. Hammond.

A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride. [Prov. Eng.] Howitt. This striding place is called the Strid. Wordsworth.

Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts. The passage from a structureless state to a structured state is itself a vital process. H. Spencer.

th; situated within the earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage. -- Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv.

s, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§155, 199-202.

An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.

d, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.

er authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.

An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.

Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly.

orial sea) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. How oft, when Paul has served us with a text, Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! Cowper.

y, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor.

A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public road; hence, a frequented street. A large and splendid thoroughfare. Motley.

Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak.

A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.

Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.

A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.