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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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983 words match “AIT”

See Scatch. [Scot.]

A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.

A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith. [Eng.]

STRAIT a. 14 definitions

Narrow; not broad. Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matt. vii. 14. Too strait and low our cottage doors. Emerson.

STRAIT-HANDED a.

Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] -- Strait"-hand`ed*ness, n. [R.]

STRAIT-JACKET n.

A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.

STRAIT-LACED a. 3 definitions

re have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. Locke.

STRAIT-WAISTCOAT n.

Same as Strait-jacket.

STRAITEN v. 3 definitions

To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. Milton.

STRAITLY adv. 2 definitions

In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously. Mark i. 43.

The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.

A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger.

THWAITE n. 2 definitions

A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties. Swift.

TRAIT n. 2 definitions

A stroke; a touch. By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome.

The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur. Simmonds.

TRAITOR n. 4 definitions

his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason. O passing traitor, perjured and unjust! Shak.

A traitress. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous. [Obs.] "Traitorly rascals." Shak.

TRAITOROUS a. 2 definitions

Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject. Shak.