strait (old edd. rarely “straight” in the foll. senses)
1.
narrow
Cym. V. iii. 7
“a strait lane.”
2.
tight-fitting
H5 III. vii. 60
“strait
strossers.”
3.
strict
Meas. II. i. 9
“most in
virtue,”
1H4 IV. iii. 79
“ decrees”
; exacting
Tim. I. i. 97
“his creditors most
”
; as adv.
2H6 III. ii. 20
“Proceed no
straiter.”
4.
niggardly, close
John V. vii. 42.
