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Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily. Modred's narrow, foxy face. Tennyson.

d their hair. A fret of gold she had next her hair. Chaucer. Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a compass saw.

Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal soun…

ing secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.

, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.

o face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner. You four shall front them in the narrow lane. Shak.

Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer. This funambulatory track. Sir T. Browne.

Forming a narrow ridge.

A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.]

A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.

A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental.

In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.

A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.

A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills. And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen. Spenser.

A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gon…

A narrow passage or entrance; as:

Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism. -- Grun"dy*ist, n.

A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.