Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STRAIT'NESS
STRAIT'LYSTRAIT-WAIST-COAT, or STRAIT-JACK-ET
STRAIT'NESS, n.
- Narrowness; as, the straitness of a place; straitness of mind; straitness of circumstances. – Bacon.
- Strictness; rigor; as, the straitness of a man's proceedings. – Shak.
- Distress; difficulty; pressure from necessity of any kind, particularly from poverty.
- Want; scarcity; or rather narrowness; as, the straitness of the conveniences of life. – Locke.
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