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Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. Shak.

Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.

One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.

The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

With little breadth; in a narrow manner.

The condition or quality of being narrow.

A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a cañon. [Southwestern U. S.]

en of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.

Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley.

A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.

With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.

Narrow; strait. [Obs.]

Narrowed.

The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.

A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.

Having narrow leaves. Wright.

A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.

Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. [Archaic] So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope.

To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.