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See 2nd Strait. [Obs.]

See Straiten. [Obs.]

Close; narrow; strict. [Obs.] See Strait.

Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [Obs.]

Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons. "The sublime Julian leader." De Quincey.

artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. "A subtle traitor." Shak.

The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.

ort the present administration. Wherefore, bold pleasant, Darest thou support a published traitor Shak.

hat same; this; that. [Obs.] "I love thilk lass." Spenser. Thou spake right now of thilke traitor death. Chaucer.

attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn. Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. Acts iv. 17.

Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures. Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.

To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.

Feature; lineament; trait. Of many faces, eyes, and hearts, To have the touches dearest prized. Shak.

Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.] The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. Bacon.

The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] Sir J. Davies.

To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written also transfreight.] [Obs.] E. Hall.

A traitor; a cheat. [Obs.] Treacher and coward both. Beau. & Fl.

Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless. Loyal father of a treacherous son. Shak. The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate. Cowper.

A traitor. [Obs.] "Treachour full of false despite." Spenser.

A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. The trick of that voice I do well remember. Shak. He hath a trick of Coeur de Lion's face. Shak.